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Campaigner Harry Leslie Smith was bridge to past - with warnings of ravaged NHS future

Harry Leslie Smith would have turned 100 this week and, as Ros Wynne-Jones writes, all of us who loved him miss his wisdom as Britain confronts one of the most challenging periods since his own childhood

Daily Mirror

Friday essay: how policies favouring rich, older people make young Australians Generation F-d

Working to buy your own home is a rite of passage in Australia, firmly rooted in a time when government delivered plentiful, affordable housing. Following the senseless poverty and destitution inflicted by price-gouging landlords during the Depression, we created a better, more equitable housing system after World War II.

The Conversation

Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions

Do you want to have a baby? But, on a planet rocked by the climate crisis, ecosystem collapse, famine and poverty, is having one just adding to the problem – and therefore unethical?

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The Guardian view on the Home Office: residency rules are prolonging misery

Editorial: The 10-year route to settlement forces people into poverty and separates them from society. It shouldn’t be this way

The Guardian - UK

I asked for a 'white envelope' at Tesco - but left feeling upset and embarrassed

There has been some confusion around the initiative

Leeds Live

Lee Anderson claims family were in McDonald's 'two or three times a week' while using food bank

Lee Anderson secured a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of food poverty, where he also said it was a 'myth' that everyone on Universal Credit was in poverty.

Nottingham Post

Francis Wilkinson: Poor voters are losing out in the culture wars

The federal government says that 38 million Americans live in poverty. In addition, tens of millions live above the poverty line but in more or less permanent financial insecurity. Who represents the interests of all these people?

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New figures expose 'fallacy' of benefit cap 'work incentive', child poverty group says

Ministers are now facing calls to abandon the cap - around £1,666 per month for a couple per month outside London - which one expert said makes 'no logical sense'

Daily Mirror

Lee Anderson stokes fury with claim families 'using food banks then going to McDonald's'

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Daily Mirror

Lebanese Supermarkets Mark Prices in Dollars as Local Currency Tanks

Supermarkets in Lebanon started pricing items in US dollars on Wednesday instead of the nose-diving local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on imports. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been facing a dramatic economic crisis that has seen poverty rates climb to reach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4 million

Parents are worried about the physical and mental impact on children

Evening Standard

Feed the future: Public agree that government should extend free school meals, exclusive poll reveals

First national poll since our campaign shows strong rise in public support for extension of free school meals as child food poverty doubles in a year

The Independent UK

Number of UK children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4m

Support grows for expansion of free school meals to struggling families in face of rising hunger

The Guardian - UK

Scotland's rural communities face energy bills double the UK average

SCOTLAND’S remote and rural communities are facing annual energy bills of more than double the UK average, with the cost of living crisis having a…

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Charities worried about their ability to survive, survey suggests

Organisations working for the prevention or relief of poverty were ‘particularly likely’ to report an increase in demand for services, the CAF said.

The Guardian - UK

Pressure rises on Hunt as 2m more households fall into fuel poverty

Chancellor urged to ditch plans to cut support for energy bills when he delivers his budget for 2023

Wales Online

Tesco says customers can ask for a 'white envelope' to get free sanitary products

The scheme aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it and unable to afford sanitary items

The National (Scotland)

Scots £25 benefit 'most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in UK'

A Scottish Government benefit has been hailed the “most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in the UK”.

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Daily Mirror

Tesco shoppers praise 'white envelope' scheme that helps struggling customers

Rumours have circulated online about Tesco's "white envelope" scheme which aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings should spur a national discussion on militarism

As another observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday passed and we once again celebrate Black History Month, I’m still haunted by Jonathan Eig’s recent op-ed, “We have lost sight of MLK’s radical vision.” He argues that we have romanticized King’s message and “lost sight of his radical…

Axios

Why poverty rates are likely to rise this year

SNAP benefits are one of the last big aid bumps to expire.

Chicago Sun-Times

New health center on Chicago’s South Side aims to end ‘period poverty’

The Gyrls in the H.O.O.D. Foundation has opened a new health services center on Chicago’s South Side.

The Canberra Times

'Raise the rate': Call for urgent lift in welfare payments

'Poverty is a political choice, don't make it yours,' advocate told senators.

Chronicle Live

Online calculator helps you check how much money you need to afford a decent life for your family

The minimum income standard sets out what people think is needed to live with dignity

Reason

When the Government Makes Poverty Worse

A Pennsylvania survey suggests that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security, ranking ahead of credit card debt and student loans.

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