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Poverty figures render UK government numbers too little and action very late

Broadening definition of poverty reveals true numbers of people living in poverty and accelerates need to tackle crisis

The Guardian - UK

More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high

Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century

The Guardian - UK

G20 Host Brazil Launches Alliance To End 'Scourge' Of Hunger

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a G20 summit in Rio by launching an alliance to curb world hunger, which he called a "scourge that shames humanity."

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G20 Leaders To Grapple With Climate, Taxes, Trump Comeback

G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.

International Business Times

North-east England to unveil £55m package to tackle child poverty

Region’s mayor to launch measures to cut unemployment, reduce cost of travel and help children in hardship

The Guardian - UK

Widow left with crippling energy bill after keeping dying husband warm during cancer care

Simona and David Pappalardo’s lives were turned upside down when David was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live

The Independent UK

King Charles III Opens Food Distribution Hubs On 76Th Birthday

King Charles III inaugurates food hubs on 76th birthday to address food poverty and waste, with traditional military celebrations.

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Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school

For decades, white students have performed significantly better than Black and Hispanic students on tests of academic achievement. Explanations for these achievement gaps include poverty and systems that result in discrimination. Others cite struggles to learn English. And some folks believe that some groups simply don’t value education.

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US Bans Flights To Haiti As Gang Violence Rages

The United States on Tuesday banned all civilian flights to Haiti for a month, a day after a jetliner was shot at on approach to the capital and as a new prime minister took the reins of a nation ravaged by poverty and gang violence.

International Business Times

Friend Calls Lady Poor As She Has 2 Kids Sharing A Big Room In Mortgage-Free House, Folks Disagree

Couple buys mortgage-free, 3-bedroom house and makes two kids share one room. A friend says it's a "sign of poverty," but the woman disagrees. The post Friend Calls Lady Poor As She Has 2 Kids Sharing A Big Room In Mortgage-Free House, Folks Disagree first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Government told to loosen restrictions preventing migrant households claiming benefits

Thousands of migrants - including some who were encouraged to come to fill skills shortages - are living in poverty as they can’t access benefits

Evening Standard

Kenya’s Hustler Fund is a flop. Why president Ruto’s plan to loan money to entrepreneurs hasn’t worked

It’s two years since Kenyan president William Ruto, in what seemed like a political gamble, rolled out a government-run microcredit scheme popularised as the Hustler Fund. Worth 50 billion shillings (US$409 million) a year over a five-year period, the low-interest loans were touted as the “magic formula” to start or…

The Conversation

People dying in poverty up by almost a fifth, says charity

Research for Marie Curie said an estimated 128,000 people died in fuel poverty in 2022, including 110,000 pensioners.

The Independent UK

Felix Project partners with The Caring Family Foundation to provide a million meals to Londoners in need

The initiative will seek to address poverty experienced by adults and children in the capital

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‘I went to war. It was a nightmare’: how children have become ‘cannon fodder’ in DRC’s endless conflict

Driven mostly by poverty, children as young as 10 have been enlisted by the country’s militias, while NGOs try to reach and reintegrate those who escape

The Independent UK

Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar

Haitian activists are demanding that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country given a surge in gang violence and deepening poverty

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Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) 2025 and 2026: How Much Will You Get?

The refundable amount for workers with or without children is slightly higher this year. Here’s what you need to know.

The Guardian - UK

Blame this loss on the Democratic party’s poor offering to low-wage America

Letter: Benjamin Selwyn says the Democratic party failed to drain the swamp of poverty and inequality that amplifies Trump’s faux populism, while Paul Nickells points the finger at Joe Biden’s late departure

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The Independent UK

Pair admit targeting Crown of Scotland and Stone of Destiny in poverty protest

A glass cabinet was damaged during the incident at Edinburgh Castle last November.

Salon

1st term undercuts Trump's worker vows

Trump tried to slash protections for the working poor in ways that have been forgotten by many

The Guardian - UK

‘We were a bit naive about privacy’: LadBaby on blackmail, backlash – and their Christmas No 1s

They are the couple who became pop stars and anti-poverty campaigners, fundraising for food banks with their songs about sausage rolls. Then came threats so extreme the anti-terror police stepped in ...

The Independent UK

Mothers in High Court challenge over two-child limit ‘rape clause’

Child Poverty Action Group, which is supporting the women’s case, has described the current benefit rules as ‘inhumane’.

Radio France Internationale

Emotional abstracts recount Zimbabwe’s struggles and strength

Zimbabwe’s dramatic landscapes and enduring struggles resonate in Gillian Rosselli’s abstract paintings, which reveal her homeland’s resilience amid drought, poverty and environmental decline. Rosselli has made her European debut this year with two major exhibitions – at the Zimbabwe pavilion in the Venice Biennale and at the “Also Known as…

The Conversation

Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar

There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations have duties under international law.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government condemned for keeping children in poverty by not axing two-child cap

THE UK Government has been condemned by the SNP for the “conscious” and “calculated political decision” to keep children in poverty…

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