The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

They give people who are struggling a voice and can help decision-makers, says Audit Wales

In our last four posts, we have described how our Federal Criminal Justice Clinic's Freedom Denied report reveals a culture of detention, with federal judges routinely violating the Bail Reform Act that they are tasked with upholding. This post addresses the last of our four findings and recommendations: "Judges must…

A quarter of Iraq's population lives below the poverty line, despite the estimated $100 billion reserves at the Central Bank of Iraq, the largest in the country's modern history, according to bank sources. Economists and finance experts believed Iraq's problem was not related to its wealth but to lousy management…

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with a food poverty charity

Those of working age who die are twice as likely to spend final year of life in poverty, says charity

More than 10,500 donors have so far given to the appeal, helping to support people experiencing hardship and poverty

Study finds drivers spending up to a fifth of pre-tax income on running a car as lack of infrastructure deters people from cycling

"We also switch the lights and sockets off and we don’t put the heating on when the children are at school"

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.