The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Millions of households are expected to fall into fuel poverty as the energy price cap will rise by 80 per cent, pushing bills up to £3,549 on average a year - here are your rights if you choose not to pay.

President Gustavo Petro’s proposed legislation could raise $11.5bn a year with measures including wealth tax and levy on oil exports

The massive rise was confirmed this morning, sparking fears about a huge increase in poverty.

OFGEM has confirmed an 80.06 per cent rise in the energy price cap, sending the average household’s yearly bill from £1971 to £3549 from October.

Emily Wheeler runs Furnishing Futures, an initiative which furnishes the homes of domestic abuse survivors who cannot afford essential items.

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High levels of poverty and poor home energy efficiency make Burnley’s inflation rate 11.5%

Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak picture of a growing international problem: global hunger is not only growing but it disproportionately affects women. Similarly, the international humanitarian aid organisation, CARE, estimates that 150 million more women than men went hungry in 2021.

The UK is heading into the greatest cost of living crisis in living memory. Looming energy price rises are going to drive huge swathes of the population into fuel poverty, and none of the proposals being put forward by our political parties at Westminster or in Scotland or Wales are…