The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

United Nations Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely inter-linked in Indi

Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country's revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white, and singing to her fellow demonstrators. Ugandan climate-justice activist Vanessa Nakate went from protesting alone at the gates of her country's parliament to demanding action from world leaders at the United…

Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country

The newly appointed Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, said the upcoming COP27 climate summit is "an opportunity" to introduce the world to Egypt's water poverty. Swailem indicated that Egypt depends on boosting its cooperation with the Nile Basin countries to benefit from its resources and reduce…

Rising poverty levels ‘threaten to reverse progress’, says Labour mayor of London

Scottish Power, Ovo Energy, Centrica, Octopus Energy and E.on are among the companies that will attend

A spokesperson for Link Housing, which houses 15,000 Scots, said the hardship levels are unprecedented.

Age UK urges Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to commit to emergency support and pensions triple lock