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Fifth of West Lothian children living in poverty, with warning the number could rise

Grim reading in new report says that full effects of cost of living crisis have yet to be measured. In some parts of the county almost 50% of children live in impoverished families

Edinburgh Live

Poorest households will need nearly £600 extra to heat homes this winter

Smart energy supplier Utilita has called on the government to ban legacy meters, and provide up to £800 of direct winter energy assistance to the lowest income households

Daily Mirror

‘Food banks are not the answer’: charities search for new way to help UK families

After years of austerity, local pantries are starting to question whether food handouts get people out of poverty

The Guardian - UK

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Liverpool schoolkids write to Rishi Sunak to plead for free school meals

"If you don't have a free school meal you might get sleepy and not learn"

Liverpool Echo

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Trump’s lewd talk about daughter Ivanka in front of White House staff recalled in new book

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Forget being a tech superpower — millions of adults in UK falling behind on digital skills, say House of Lords

The House of Lords is calling on Rishi Sunak to swap AI and coding for a joined-up government strategy on eradicating digital exclusion and digital poverty

Evening Standard

Media hypes Joe's age, ignores issues

There’s precious little discussed about truly consequential issues facing the American people

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Why Moms for Liberty was designated an ‘extremist’ group by the Southern Poverty Law Center

PHILADELPHIA — Moms for Liberty calls itself a parent empowerment group. But as the polarizing organization arrives in Philadelphia this week for its annual summit, it’s being identified as something else: an “antigovernment extremist group.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Primary pupils beg Rishi Sunak for free school meals for all to help hungry kids

Youngsters from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, put pen to paper to urge the Prime Minister to change strict eligibility rules that mean kids living in poverty miss out

Daily Mirror

Wes Streeting: ‘If you vote Rishi, who are you going to get? Suella, Kemi? Things can get worse than this’

If Labour needed a poster boy for Pride and a bright future, Wes Streeting would be the ideal candidate. Anna van Praagh meets the East End boy done good

Evening Standard

From Covid to poverty: why pupil absence in England is rising

Social and economic upheaval since the Covid pandemic has resulted in many more families struggling

The Guardian - UK

Kellogg's backs Scottish charity appeal to keep children fed

Cereal giant, Kellogg’s is supporting a campaign to raise money for children affected by poverty in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Northern Ireland education cuts will hit poorest young people hardest, report says

Authors say short-term savings “will be dwarfed by the costs of poverty, deprivation, and mental health issues in the longer run"

Belfast Live

Thailand's inequality remains entrenched

The Thai economy is suffering from widening inequality, with the proportion of poor people still hovering at 6-8% of the total, particularly in the agricultural sector.

Bangkok Post

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Fighting for a life: The Afghan refugees finding hope in MMA

Afghan mixed martial arts fighters living abroad try to bridge gap between poverty and glory after Taliban bans sport.

Daily Mirror

1.7 million kids in households struggling to get enough food - with North East worst hit

Analysis also found that 800,000 children were deemed to be living in households with 'very low food security', meaning their family were forced to resort to skipping meals or reduced portion sizes

Manchester Evening News

British children are much shorter than other rich nations - why that's a sign of far more serious problems for Greater Manchester kids

Children in Britain are much shorter than those in other wealthy nations, with a poor national diet being blamed. Helena Vesty reports on why diminishing height is just one small sign of a far more insidious problem hitting Greater Manchester youngsters, especially

The Independent UK

‘Low-income families having to pay thousands more for same goods and services’

New research looked at the poorest third of families whose incomes are approximately £24,000 a year or less.

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The Guardian - UK

Britain’s shorter children reveal a grim story about austerity, but its scars run far deeper

Since 2010, our five-year-olds have been showing signs of reduced growth, a likely symptom of policies that have led to impoverished lives

The Hindu

Minister hails Kudumbashree for efforts to reduce poverty among women

Kudumbashree played a key role in the development of Kerala by working together with local self-government institutions, says M.B. Rajesh

The Guardian - UK

Fred Twine obituary

Other Lives: Researcher, writer and campaigner who worked to bring attention to poverty, welfare, housing and environmental justice issues

The Independent UK

Guatemalans are fed up with corruption ahead of an election that may draw many protest votes

As Guatemala prepares to elect a new president Sunday, its citizens are fed up with government corruption, on edge about crime and struggling with poverty and malnutrition _ all of which drives tens of thousands out of the country each year

The Hindu

A.P. tops in implementing national urban livelihoods mission

The Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), Andhra Pradesh bagged the first place in the implementation of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission

WhatToWatch

Spent: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

Spent is a BBC2 comedy starring Michelle de Swarte as a washed-up catwalk model trying to adapt to a life of poverty.

Fortune

The ‘S’ in ESG could change the world. We just don’t know how to measure it

Typically, people do not grow out of poverty in 10 years–it’s more like a generation. A.I. can analyze the subtle dynamics that effect change.

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