The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

In an interview with Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon, he said his first act as FM would be to host a summit of anti-poverty organisations

Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, who grew up in a council house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, said her mum Clare didn't go back to work full time until she started school because no childcare was available.

A new investigation conducted by UCL academics indicates that Generation Z youngsters born into the lowest fifth of families in the UK are 12 times more likely to experience a slew of bad health and educational outcomes by the age of 17 than their more affluent classmates. Read further on…

Letter to the Observer signed by experts from around the world says proper government policies are needed

Writer's great-great-great-granddaughter believes it's a relevant time for people to appreciate the story told in Great Expectations ahead of new adaptation

Talking Europe speaks to the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit. With anger growing in France about the government's push to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64, and the EU facing an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, his portfolio is very much in the spotlight – including…

As ever, Disabled people are invisible from the headlines, but not from the story - because around a third of us live in poverty

The Rt Rev David Walker argued the rule was 'the greatest contributor to driving more children into poverty'

Successful projects will see asylum seekers living in poverty getting support and a community centre re-opened