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We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage

In the richest country on earth, if you work 40 hours a week you shouldn’t have to live in poverty

The Guardian - US

The social determinants of justice: 8 factors that increase your risk of imprisonment

You might have heard the phrase “social determinants of health”. It’s the idea that social factors – such as poverty, access to education, where you live and whether you face discrimination – have a huge influence on your health and life expectancy.

The Conversation

UK's 'stop the boats' threat sparked rush of channel crossings, researchers told

Dr Krish Kandiah of the Sanctuary Foundation last week visited the country on a “fact-finding mission”, and said: "All these factors have been decades in the making. They need serious time and investment into undoing. But there are solutions."

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Systemic racism and poverty increases gambling risk among ethnic minorities, warns landmark report

‘I felt guilty for gambling (but) ... I wanna be financially comfortable,’ one Muslim man told researchers

The Independent UK

The World Bank Is Still Failing the Poor

Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has…

Foreign Policy

Hypothermia cases soar by 82% in UK cold snap as thousands can't afford heating

Described by campaigners as "heartbreaking", the figures also show that 5,371 hypothermia cases - the equivalent of around 15 per day - were recorded over the whole of last year

Daily Mirror

Home improvements to tackle soaring energy costs continue

Funding is provided by the Scottish Government, with a focus on solid wall insulation

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Heidi Stevens: 'There is no flag for poor rights.' Why the wealthiest country in the world has so much poverty — and what to do about it

It was a gift of a day. Wrapped in sunshine and high 70s, its contents waiting to be discovered and delighted in. Birdsong and tree buds and the occasional daffodil signaled something new on the horizon.

Tribune News Service

Workers at anti-poverty World Bank struggle to pay bills

As finance leaders from around the world meet at the World Bank in Washington this week, food service workers at the poverty-fighting organization are highlighting what they see as a galling situation: The workers who put food on the table for an organization whose mission is to fight poverty are…

The Independent UK

Lebanon's economic crisis forces soldiers to desert or take on second jobs

Lebanon's economic meltdown has plunged most of the population into poverty. It's now also threatening the country's security. As the currency has plummeted to new lows in recent months, salaries too have fallen, as prices rise. To make ends meet, soldiers are being forced to take on second jobs, or…

France 24

One million people in NSW living in poverty as inequality in Sydney deepens, research shows

New research based on census data indicates another 100,000 people in NSW have slipped into poverty since 2016 — and over half of them are aged over 65.

ABC News

Why are the poor shunned? The reasons are complicated

In a study of 19th century ideas of poverty, the German historian Beate Althammer observes a strange dichotomy. On the one hand, “there existed a deep-rooted tradition of ascribing to the poor a special proximity to God”. As a Hamburg teacher wrote in 1834:

The Conversation

Calls for ACT govt to expand assistance to middle-income earners

The calls were outlined in submissions to a parliamentary inquiry.

The Canberra Times

Does Ottawa's grocery rebate signal a shift to a broader guaranteed basic income?

The federal government’s latest budget included $2.5 billion towards a grocery rebate, a one-time GST credit available to low-income Canadians to ease the pressures of food price inflation.

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Care for Africa founder Diana Butler working on template for sustainable development

Launceston nurse and charity founder Diana Butler is busy taking the model for sustainable development she helped create in Tanzania to the world.

The Guardian - UK

Obesity is a symptom of a society that doesn’t care

Letters: John Atkinson says obesity is almost exclusively a disease of poverty, particularly in children, while Kate Halliwell defends the food and drink industries. Plus letters from Fiona Morgan, Julie Box and Alix Dearing

The Week

The Week Unwrapped: Hostage policy, time poverty and squirrels

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.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on child poverty: progress is being reversed

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

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Napalm Death's Shane Embury: "Tom Hanks apparently said Napalm Death were s**t after Utopia Banished"

Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury shares stories about fighting racists in Estonia, facing poverty in the Soviet Union and the time Ronnie James Dio made him cry

The Independent UK

IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023

The International Monetary Fund chief is warning that the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% in 2023, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally

Edinburgh Live

Higher earners in Scotland to pay more tax from today as new laws come into force

With the beginning of the new financial year, the tax changes, which ministers have claimed would raise an extra £129 million in 2023-24, laid out in the budget have come to fruition.

The Guardian - UK

More than 1m children growing up in poverty under two-child benefits limit

Cumulative impact of limit means it could eventually affect about 3m children in UK, study finds

Daily Mirror

Tories' 'nasty' two-child benefit limit having 'devastating' impact on poorest families

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

Fortune

Injectable weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are having a moment. It’s time that obesity—a ‘chronic disease,’ not a character flaw—does, too

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

The Guardian - US

Women can’t afford period products. Talking about it is key to fixing this shame

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

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