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It’s cruel to tell someone to budget their money when what they really need is a livable wage and a viable social safety net

Salon

Number of Scots facing hunger and hardship at record levels, study finds

THE number of people in Scotland facing hunger and hardship has reached record levels, according to a report ...

The National (Scotland)

UK Government's Winter Fuel Payment cut will leave majority of pensioners worse off

THE UK Government’s “scandalous decision” to cut the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment will leave 85 of Scottish pensioners in poverty…

The National (Scotland)

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How many people in the UK are in ‘hunger and hardship’?

Food bank network Trussell has developed term to define deep poverty – but what does this mean, who is affected by it, and why?

The Guardian - UK

More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds

One million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as ‘hunger and hardship’ than five years ago

The Guardian - UK

Shock analysis shows four in every five pensioners struggling with money will see winter fuel payment cut

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable pensioners aged 80 or over will miss out on fuel help this year, Age UK estimates

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians and expels nearly 11,000 in a week

The Dominican Republic has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week alone, fulfilling a pledge that it will do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx, besieged by poverty and gang violence

The Independent UK

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Researchers say poverty and unemployment are up in Lahaina after last year's wildfires

A new study finds that unemployment and poverty are up and incomes are down among Maui wildfire survivors more than a year after a deadly blaze wiped out historic Lahaina

The Independent UK

Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions

In the rural village of Téssékéré, the increasing number and intensity of droughts linked to climate change is making the lives and livelihoods of the local Fulani communities increasingly vulnerable. Here, in the northern Sahel desert region of Senegal (known as the Ferlo), the pastoral population walks over dry, dusty…

The Conversation

Scottish Government awards grants to help families in poverty across the country

The Scottish Government is awarding grants of up to £80,000 to 12 local projects that support families in poverty around the country ...

The National (Scotland)

Single parents in Australia are owed $3.7bn in child support. Anne says no leader has been ‘brave enough’ to fix it

Anne*, who lived in poverty with her two sons, wrote to Scott Morrison, Alan Tudge and Christian Porter about the unfair system but never heard back

The Guardian - AU

Labour's two-child cap pushing 100 children into poverty every day, study says

MORE than 100 children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child cap every day since Labour took office, new research has found ...

The National (Scotland)

Thousands more children in poverty since Labour came to power because of two-child benefit cap, charity claims

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

The Independent UK

At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

The Guardian - UK

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Children raised by friends or relatives are being ‘plunged into poverty’, says UK charity

A lack of financial and emotional support for kinship carers could push up to 18,000 children into an already overstretched foster care system

Latin Times

Five Texas Cities Ranked Among the "Best" Small Cities in the U.S., New Report Shows

One Texas city near the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area ranked among the top five in terms of home ownership rates and percentage of population in poverty

The National (Scotland)

Bedroom Tax mitigation cost Scottish Government £70m last year

MITIGATING the UK Government’s bedroom tax cost the Scottish Government more than £70 million last year, new research has shown.

Reason

Many Native Americans Struggle With Poverty. Easing Energy Regulations Could Help.

A significant percentage of Native Americans don't even have electricity—thanks in part to reservations being subject to overwhelming bureaucracy.

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The Guardian - UK

Time is ticking for Labour to scrap the two-child limit – and then make Britain a welcoming place for children again

Axing the cap is the first step towards pulling children out of poverty. Could £2.5bn ever be better spent, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Capital & Main

Progressives Weigh In on Kamala Harris’ Economic Proposals — and Share Some of Their Own

Experts say that policies such as higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded child care are both effective and popular.

The Guardian - UK

Swedish government accused of trying to ‘outlaw poverty’ over begging ban plans

Critics say proposal by centre-right coalition may not be lawful and would not tackle root cause of vulnerability

Salon

Biden asylum changes pose "grave danger"

President Joe Biden's restrictions on asylum endanger the lives of people fleeing poverty and violence, UNHCR said

The Guardian - UK

Structural racism leading to stark health inequalities in London, report shows

Exclusive: Review finds poverty and daily racism result in poor mental and physical health for some ethnic groups

The Guardian - US

Memoir contradicts Republican Senate candidate’s ‘below the poverty line’ tale

Montana’s Tim Sheehy claims he and wife lived in poverty but own book reveals he had $400,000 to build company

The Guardian - US

Triumph and a broken promise: Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed to transform Mexico, but did he?

Poverty fell, after salary hikes and reform, but Amlo did not deliver for the 43 students disappeared from Ayotzinapa

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