The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

I attended an extremely poor, extremely diverse high school in Sacramento where we were constantly told that attending college was the only way to pull ourselves out of poverty and reach the middle class. But the only way to afford the ridiculous cost of even community college or a state…

The energy price cap will increase from the current £1,971 to £3,549 from October 1, the regulator announced on Friday morning

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

Ofgem announcement will ‘strike fear’ into hearts, says Rachel Reeves, amid accusations of profiteering at oil and gas firms

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…

Families who are just managing could find themselves struggling by the end of this year

'As well as keep the lights on, we have to make sure people can afford the power coming through'