The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Strike action involving baggage handlers and check-in staff will “inevitably” cause severe delays, disruption and cancellations, Unite union says

Union Minister Gadkari expressed satisfaction at Andhra Pradesh's development efforts. Projects worth ₹2 lakh crore are in progress, doubling national highways from 4,193 km to 8,744 km. PM Modi's vision of poverty/unemployment eradication through infrastructure is being implemented. Projects worth ₹17,000 crore in Tirupati, inter-modal bus terminus, and Swastya hospital…

The policy was introduced in 2013 under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition to end the days of ‘blank cheque benefits’.

The payments have helped alleviate significant deprivation but their effectiveness in poverty reduction has been limited, the IFS argued

The payments have helped alleviate significant deprivation but their effectiveness in poverty reduction has been limited, the IFS argued.

A report says that scurvy and rickets have been detected in rising numbers, caused by bad nutrition and lack of key vitamins as poverty levels are soaring

Report by the Fabian Society said that levelling up is needed for all parts of the country

More help could be on the way

'Devastating cuts' to Universal Credit have been ordered to be reversed, with the DWP also urged to put a new payment uplift in place which would apply to legacy benefits

Calls made to bring back the uplift after report reveals more than 100,000 people pushed into poverty by additional help axe

Government urged to 'reverse damaging decision' to stop top up payments - as MP says weekly uplift would raise thousands out of poverty