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The concerns were raised as councillors called for a universal approach to be taken to providing food during the school holidays

THE income gap between typical and poorer households could widen even further if the UK Government ploughs on with its regressive approach to…

The Global Goals are a phenomenal idea. They're what happened when the UN came together and said: "Here are the world's biggest problems, and here is how we're going to measure progress on them." The 17 goals include promises to end extreme poverty and hunger, fix climate change and education,…

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

As more and more families are pushed to the brink, children and parents in Liverpool are taking the fight against poverty to the top

Local councillor Steve Tuckwell opposed measures to help reduce poverty despite the cost of living crisis causing food bank usage rise in his community

Cost of living crisis and rising interest rates forcing more people to become ‘trapped in poverty’

Alun Francis who grew up in poverty criticised successive governments for failing for decades to grasp the vital role geography plays in social mobility

'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'