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Glasgow woman recognised for fantastic work she does to empower females

Sylvia Douglas founded MsMIssMrs, a community interest company, back in 2014 after she overcame her own struggles as a young mum living in poverty. She has now been awarded a BEM

Glasgow Live

Grief-stricken Pakistani town mourns sons lost in Greek shipwreck

Poverty drove young men from small Kashmir town to board ill-fated fishing trawler, say families

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: An important legacy

Poverty campaigner died 'frustrated to the point of desperation' after years of struggle PLUS Is the Census accurate? AND Haaland’s late night treat

Manchester Evening News

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Tragic mum of 4 found dead in mould-riddled home after being hounded over benefits debt

Karen McBride, 46, was moved to a property in Tameside which was "in a very poor state", including black mould which made her and her children ill, as well as pigeons nesting in the loft

Daily Mirror

Push to redirect Vic COVID-19 debt taxes, future fund

The Victorian Greens will move changes to tax legislation to convert controversial COVID-19 debt levies and a $7.9 billion fund to address poverty and housing.

AAP

A life in poverty, a death in poverty

Tormented over benefits, in a house 'you wouldn't let a dog live in' - this is the story of a tragic mum-of-four who was 'failed at every level', Paul Britton reports.

Manchester Evening News

Poverty among workers is worse than families on benefits, says North East credit union boss

NEFirst is having to turn down a 'worrying number' of people for loans because they don't have enough money to pay them back

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Man City fans boycotting Arsenal game need wider backing to make point

Manchester City fan groups have pulled together to tackle food poverty instead of attending the Community Shield

Manchester Evening News

Undocumented women earn the least

A new study shows how the kinds of jobs undocumented women hold and the states they live in drive pay disparities

Salon

Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda as Saudi crown prince visits France

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris

The Independent UK

Are guaranteed-income programs working?

Thousands of Chicago and Cook County residents got $500 a month the past year. They say the money provided a cushion but wasn’t enough to help them get ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation

Under the scheme, the Karnataka Government has promised to provide 10 kg of food grains/rice to every member of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.

The Hindu

Doubly Disadvantaged: Undocumented Women Earn Less Than Everyone Else

A new study shows how the kinds of jobs held by undocumented women, as well as the states in which they live, drive pay disparities.

Capital & Main

Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

CHICAGO — For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I trusted him’: human trafficking surges in cyclone-hit east India

Poverty-stricken women and girls are being tricked and abducted in West Bengal

Daily Record

Falkirk to help low income residents get access to local leisure services

The council's Go Card will be relaunched in a bid to help more people living in poverty stay healthy.

The National (Scotland)

'Brass neck': Social Justice Secretary clashes with Tory MSP over child poverty

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville told MSPs that the Scottish Government is “turning the tide” on child poverty

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak to be told to scrap 'cruel' two-child benefit policy in PMQs confrontation

The Labour MP Kim Johnson, who will raise the issue in the Commons on Wednesday, said the controversial policy that restricts benefits is 'as cruel as it is ineffective'

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The Independent UK

Rights group: World Bank, Jordan use flawed formula for aid to kingdom, excluding some poor people

A leading rights group says the World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to calculate aid for the kingdom, excludes some people who are impoverished, hungry or otherwise struggling

The Independent UK

Maisie Williams urges fans to support Bristol-based food poverty charity

The Game Of Thrones star said she had been inspired by the ‘amazing work’ of The Mazi Project since attending a recent fundraiser with her friend.

The Conversation

How universal basic income's impact on people's finances could transform the nation's health

In October 1936, 200 men marched from South Tyneside to London to protest against the poverty and unemployment in their town, Jarrow.

Newsroom.co.nz

There is no free lunch; some people have no lunch

NZ's Rich Listers can pay for multiple lunches. The Green tax and income policy is saying those who can pay for lunch, should.

The Guardian - UK

What can be done about the ‘great gender pension chasm’?

Letter: Ethnic minority women are the most likely to face pension poverty in the UK, writes Pete Glancy

Daily Mirror

Wes Streeting: 'I won't apologise for being ambitious - but I'm loyal to Keir Starmer'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he wouldn't have taken 20 quid off people in Universal Credit every week'

Manchester Evening News

Life on the streets where parents have to go without to feed their kids

New 'shocking' stats show four Greater Manchester areas are in the worst-20 places for child poverty in the UK. The M.E.N. takes a look at what steps are being taken to tackle the problem

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