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Half of Scots households on Universal Credit face 'poverty tax' deductions in payments

EXCLUSIVE: SNP MP Chris Stephens wants households to be offered grants instead of upfront loans from the DWP while they wait for their Universal Credit payment.

Daily Record

A one-man quest to save the world’s corals

Abdullah has spent his entire adult life restoring coral reefs in Malaysia, writes Rebecca Tan. Until recently he’s been working in obscurity – and, at times, poverty

The Independent UK

Paralympian Sarah Storey backs Mirror's calls to end 'heartbreaking' period poverty

The campaign calls for sanitary products to be free in England and Wales and Dame Sarah joins the likes of Mel B, Giovanna Fletcher and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter

Daily Mirror

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Elderly couple forced to put more clothes on as they can't afford to turn on heating

The Sunday Mirror is raising funds for the Warm Welcome campaign through our Warm Hearts Christmas appeal as it supports more than 3,000 warm spaces including libraries and community centres

Daily Mirror

San Francisco launches guaranteed income program for transgender residents

The city of San Francisco this week launched a guaranteed income program aimed at the transgender community.

Los Angeles Times

Concerns raised over hardworking Perth and Kinross residents living in poverty due to low pay

Recent figures show 16.5 per cent of Perth and Kinross employees earn less than the Living Wage

Daily Record

Massively divided borough sees rough sleepers sheltering near doors of luxury £600k apartments

A councillor has vowed to remove the divide between the area that may have stereotypes of wealth or poverty

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Glasgow pupils mental health being hit by exams, poverty and social media

The expert said pupils can be "under an incredible amount of stress."

Glasgow Live

Dis Life: 'Disabled people need financial protections to help raise our living standards'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says four of the fourteen million disabled people in this country lived in poverty before the cost of living crisis - and that figure is not going down

Daily Mirror

Editorial: California’s eternal poverty problem demands more than government checks

Fewer people were in poverty in California in 2021 than in 2019. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this was due only to government relief payments, not to an improving economy or more job opportunities.

The Orange County Register

Inflation pushing more French people into poverty, charity warns

Skipping meals or going into debt – that's the difficult choice facing hundreds of thousands of people in France daily, according to the latest annual report by French charity Secours Catholique.

Radio France Internationale

Campaigners criticise Jeremy Hunt’s failure to widen access to free school meals in Autumn Statement

Charities say Chancellor’s decision not to widen access to the scheme to all children living in poverty is ‘shameful’

Evening Standard

Scottish workers hit with ‘sleekit tax’ despite wage rise, union warns

Child poverty campaigners have also said the autumn budget will not do enough to stop families falling through the cracks.

The Independent UK

'It is arrogant and offensive': North East disappointment following the Autumn Statement

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement included announcements about tax, stamp duty and the NHS

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The Guardian - UK

Benefits rise brings relief but stark warning from poverty campaigners

Analysts warn millions still face winter crisis despite Hunt’s decision to increase benefits in line with inflation

Wales Online

Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement could push more people on to the streets, says Big Issue founder

Lord Bird said austerity was too expensive for the country

The Guardian - UK

Kicking our growth addiction is the way out of the climate crisis. This is how to do it

With the right global economic policies, we could fight poverty and global heating at the same time, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Daily Record

Scots campaigners demand Jeremy Hunt ditches plans for billions in spending cuts

The Child Poverty Action Group said it would be "outrageous" to ask vulnerable people to shoulder the UK’s stricken public finances.

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The National (Scotland)

More than 100 experts write to FM demanding more action on child poverty

MORE than 100 health experts have written an open letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying more still needs to be done to tackle child…

The Independent UK

Reverse poverty crisis by boosting child benefit and scrapping cap – report

The Government has a choice between inflicting a winter of ‘deepening hardship’ on families or offering a ‘lifeline to millions’, three groups say.

Manchester Evening News

Gemma Atkinson on Christmas plans and favourite bargain buy for daughter Mia as she does B&M trolley dash

Hits Radio presenter piled up her trolley to help families living in poverty

The Conversation

Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

The question of whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves, estimated at more than 17.56 trillion cubic meters (620 trillion cubic feet) in 2021, has been much discussed at the latest UN climate change summit, COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Chronicle Live

Sunderland-based community food project to bring new healthy eating programme to Wearside

My Sister's Kitchen is a project for female survivors of domestic abuse, and anyone facing disadvantages/barriers.

Chronicle Live

Durham Lumiere announces 2023 dates and new plans to bring light to dark times

Lumiere light festival will be working with County Durham Community Foundation to help boost support for local people in poverty

The Guardian - UK

UK must act over poverty, housing and equal rights, says UN body

Human rights council makes more than 300 recommendations with many coming from less well-off countries

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