The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Holden Frith, Arion McNicoll and Emma Smith.

Editorial: Over a million children are living in poverty as a result of Conservative policies. This can’t continue

Six years after the controversial policy - one of ex-Chancellor George Osborne's austerity measures - was first rolled out, a Child Poverty Action Group survey shows families struggling to pay food and energy

Is obesity hereditary? A choice? Influenced by other factors like poverty and mental illness? And does it even matter?

Period poverty is widespread in the US, and Covid worsened the crisis. Yet it remains ‘shrouded in stigma and shame’

Despite the headline figure of 10.1%, the Conservative approach to welfare is such that they’re still keeping people in poverty, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Institute for Public Policy Research think tank urges First Minister to follow through on campaign promises

Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as prime minister in January was a courageous and pragmatic decision for herself, her family and her party. Although many said she’d done a great job as leader, she rightly reminded us that a great leader is “one who knows when it’s time to go”.

The organization also said high costs for fertility treatments were a “medical poverty trap.”