The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental wellbeing. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to better mental heath, cognition and educational attainment in adolescence and adulthood. It can also provide resilience in times of stress.

Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard them being disrespectful of the Prophet Muhammad.

Johnny Mercer says food bank use not an accurate measure of poverty after reports of some military personnel relying on them

A focus on wages rather than equality could see 1.8 million more people fall into relative poverty, the Resolution Foundation has warned.

East Renfrewshire has the lowest child poverty rate in Scotland but figures in an annual report showed over 200 more children are now living in poverty.

Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities

The Global Goals are a phenomenal idea. They're what happened when the UN came together and said: "Here are the world's biggest problems, and here is how we're going to measure progress on them." The 17 goals include promises to end extreme poverty and hunger, fix climate change and education,…

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

As more and more families are pushed to the brink, children and parents in Liverpool are taking the fight against poverty to the top