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‘Several welfare schemes have been stopped, forcing the Dalits languish in poverty’

Graham Stuart said the UK would still be burning oil and gas in 2050 and domestic production was the greenest way to do this.

From humble roots as the son of farmers in central Hubei province, Hu Chunhua has worked his way into China's ruling elite and is considered a top contender to become the next premier as the ruling Communist Party reshuffles its leadership.

The Refuge from the Ravens project places new works alongside the original ‘redefining it to help people grasp the concept’ of homelessness

Ensuring every child has enough to eat at school is a moral imperative. It is also a benefit to wider society. A PwC study, seen exclusively by the Evening Standard and our sister paper, The Independent, finds that extending free school meals to all children in poverty in England would…

The outspoken chef has said he is 'up for a fight' over tackling child poverty

The Independent and the Food Foundation is calling for free school meals for all children in poverty

The Northumberland councillor's views during an interview at the Conservative Party Conference have been branded 'disgusting'

Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in dire need of debt relief, the UN said Tuesday. In a new report, the United Nations Development Program warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt…