The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

End to universal credit’s Covid top-up is fuelling rise in poverty, warns IFS

Pandemic’s £20 benefit uplift led to sharp fall in households living in poverty but replacement is far less effective

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

‘It’s like a hostile environment’: London’s creative core at risk as artists in poverty quit

UK capital as ‘huge generator of wealth’ under threat as a third of visual artists struggle to pay for studios

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

Half of boomers and late Gen Xers who took early retirement during the first Covid wave have fallen into poverty

Researchers suggest around 390,000 of the 50 to 70-year-olds who retired in 2020-21 were forced to leave the workforce, as opposed to “retiring in comfort”.

Fortune · Jul 7, 2023

Caste out: how Kerala’s food parcel scheme tackles poverty and prejudice

In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create an ‘ethos of equality’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2023

Data | Why Centre’s denial of rice through OMSS hits Karnataka the most

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023

L-G intends to import poverty into Kashmir says Mehbooba

Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on July 5 accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of “playing a dangerous game”.

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023

Keir Starmer to say class ceiling must shatter to let children get ahead

Labour leader will argue against snobbery of ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ education, saying young people need both

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

1.4 million Texans’ student debts won’t be canceled. But a new loan repayment plan could bring savings.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation program, advocates for lowering student loan debt say the federal SAVE plan, an updated loan repayment program, could save Texans and other borrowers a lot of money in interest.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 5, 2023

Labour U-turn on DfID would be a mistake

Letters: The world is seeing a rise in poverty and inequality, so a department with expertise in fighting both is needed, says Oxfam’s Katy Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Businesses that address social or environmental problems often struggle to survive: 3 things that can help them

Social enterprises are organisations that promote social or environmental issues as their core business. They are useful to societies in lots of ways. They can help solve social and economic problems such as poverty and joblessness, among others. They can also help support the work of local, provincial and national…

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2023