The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Shifting blame to the victims of economic policy is an old trick by politicians. Now they’re using obesity to tackle joblessness

Survivors and relatives try to find peace after 170 mostly young people died after a tanker exploded in Jigawa State.

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.

The Government should review the marketing and pricing of ‘rip-off’ family holidays, according to Parentkind charity.

Age UK London is urging pensioners to check whether they’re eligible for pension credit, which would allow them to keep their winter fuel payment

Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds

Mozambique ranks in the bottom 20 of the human development index. This measures a country’s progress based on key dimensions such as a long and healthy life and a decent standard of living. Nearly two-thirds of Mozambicans – 18.9 million people – live below the national poverty line of US$0.70-a-day.

A recent poll by the Social Research Foundation, a think thank, found that 60% of South Africans thought the government of national unity was working well. It also reported that support for the unity government’s anchor political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), had risen…

JOHN Swinney has said growing investment in Scotland would help to tackle child poverty as he attended a summit in London.