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Two-child benefit cap 'pushes children into poverty' - campaigners urge government to scrap 'cruel policy' that impacts 1 in every 10 children

The controversial two-child benefit cap has met with strong opposition since its introduction in 2017

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At Visva-Bharati, Prabhat Patnaik to deliver lecture that was cancelled

Prof. Patnaik, who has taught at the JNU and is a Marxist, will deliver the second Ashok Rudra Memorial Lecture at the university, organised by its Department of Economics and Politics, and will speak on ‘Employment and Poverty Under Neo-Liberal Capitalism’.

The Hindu

Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Insufficient To Reduce Poverty: World Bank

Learn about the World Bank's report on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and the need for more inclusive policies to reduce poverty.

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'Incredible India': UNGA President Dennis Francis lauds digitalisation, infrastructure investment in India

UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has lauded India’s use of digitalisation that has helped achieve financial inclusion and poverty reduction

The Hindu

Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship

The Guardian - UK

What A $20 Minimum Wage Will Do To California's Fast Food Industry And Poverty Problem

A $20 minimum wage that went into effect this week will squeeze the California fast-food industry, but it won't solve the poverty problem of the country's most populous state.

International Business Times

Turning the spotlight on the urban poor

The dynamics of employment and wages in pockets of deep urban poverty, such as slums, need to be juxtaposed the findings of the India Employment Report 2024

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Fewer families living in extreme poverty in State: CM

IDUKKI Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan discusses poverty reduction, political issues, and human-animal conflict in the state.

The Hindu

Hunger, homelessness and gang grooming: just a normal week at one London academy

The Guardian spent time at Oasis Academy Hadley, where more than half of pupils are in poverty but ambitions are high

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty International's Shocking Short Film Exposes How UK's Squalid Housing Kills Children

Temporary accommodation contributed to the deaths of more than 34 children since April 2019.

International Business Times UK

Tackle poverty’s roots with a living income, put children first and tax the wealth of the 1%

Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s plan to get Britain out of a doom loop of poverty and despair

The Guardian - UK

£100,000 may not go far in Jeremy Hunt’s world – but child poverty is getting worse there too

Letters: Les Bright and Pete Stockwell on the chancellor’s suggestion that a salary of £100,000 ‘doesn’t go as far as you might think’, and Trevor Lyttleton on the state pension triple lock

The Guardian - UK

Florida adds abortion to November ballot; Iran blames Israel for embassy bombing

Florida voters will have the chance to enshrine abortion rights into their constitution. Iran blames Israel for an embassy bombing that killed a top military commander.

WEKU

Yrsa Daley-Ward talks food clubs, poverty and poems: 'poetry is a leveller'

The poet’s latest project takes inspiration from the stories of people using food clubs

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Iftar for All: Ramadan handouts highlight food insecurity in Paris

For the second year running, hundreds of volunteers across Paris and its suburbs joined the 'Iftaar for All' campaign to hand out free food to people in need to mark the Muslim month of Ramadan. As inflation and precarity tip more people into poverty, charities say they’re seeing a rise…

Dynamite News

"Started preparations for third term, working on big decisions to be made in first 100 days": PM Modi

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that the preparations for the third term has already started. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Time to lift children out of poverty

Labour’s priority must be to restore Sure Start and financial support to low-income families

The Hindu

Kerala witnessed only Bihar model of development, says Jacob Thomas

Former DGP Jacob Thomas criticizes Kerala's development model, emphasizing corruption and poverty hindering progress, at a seminar in Kozhikode.

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The Guardian - UK

Fresh blow for Rwanda deportation plan as report shows extreme poverty and hunger

Foreign Office paper says not enough being done, with over half the population living on less than $1.90 a day

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown calls for new poverty fund to halt slide into ‘hungry decade’

Former PM says multibillion fund would be ‘transitional arrangement’ to give struggling families breathing space

The Guardian - UK

Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that

Communities, charities, companies and government could work together to rescue millions of people, says former prime minster Gordon Brown

The Hindu

Funds allocated for houses under LIFE project for extremely poor families

1,03,099 individuals from 64,006 families were identified as part of a ground-level survey conducted in the initial stages of the State government’s wide-ranging poverty eradication programme.

WEKU

1 in 10 Asian Americans live in poverty. Their experiences vary widely, research says

Pew Research Center found that poverty rates range greatly among Asian American groups. While 6% of Indian Americans live in poverty, the rate is 19% for Burmese Americans.

AAP

Students face poverty from course they 'do for love'

Students, academics, and union representatives are calling on the government to adopt new models to replace unpaid placements for social work students.

Salon

Democrats avoid dynastic disaster

New Jersey Democrats can now get back to the basics

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