The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Childcare crisis: How men and employers can combat 'time poverty' for working mothers

A childcare crisis is hitting households, communities, and economies. The private sector is central to solving it.

Fortune · Oct 29, 2024

Sarwar says Labour will ‘end austerity’ as he challenges SNP ministers on Budget

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar spoke out as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam

Consumption of the world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief payments

Some hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will receive one-time, direct cash payments of up to $1,500 on Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024

The 'Degrowth' Mentality Promises a World of Poverty and Misery

Market-based economies create incentives that unleash human creativity and provide incredible abundance.

Reason · Oct 25, 2024

As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024

Liam Payne secretly gave £80,000 to London food poverty charity

During the Covid lockdowns, tragic Liam Payne secretly gave £80,000 to a London food poverty charity after he volunteered at its centre.

BANG Premier · Oct 24, 2024

Dame Helen Mirren: Upsetting and unfair to be treated differently as we age

The Age UK ambassador spoke out as the charity published analysis on agesim.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024

Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian priest and ‘father of liberation theology’, dies at 96

Dominican friar hailed as ‘prophet of the poor’ for belief that the church had political duty to end poverty

The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2024

Trade unions and health experts to have their say on child poverty plans

The Government’s strategy on child poverty is intended to alleviate the ‘negative experience’ of living in poverty.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024