The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi government funding to help her and hundreds of thousands of families in poverty is blocked by political stalemate. With politicians deadlocked over forming a new government since an election in October, rival…

Chancellor told failure to act would hit services as poverty, cold and missed meals increase sickness rates

Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi government funding to help her and hundreds of thousands of families in poverty is blocked by political stalemate.

Squeezed pay has forced too many working people to use food banks, say Labour frontbenchers Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves

In a letter to Boris Johnson, Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, said the country faces an ‘urgent choice’.

Leaders warn that unless the Government takes action on rising energy prices, fuel poverty will put additional pressure on an already overwhelmed NHS.

New research suggests that Northern Ireland will be the ‘UK region’ worst affected by fuel poverty

A new study has found more than 72 per cent of homes in Scotland will fall into fuel poverty as the energy crisis continues with annual bills of £4,650 from next year as inflation hits 10.1 per cent.

THE Scottish Greens warn “people will die” if action is not taken as a study reveals 72 per cent of Scottish households will be in fuel…

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