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Scrapping two-child benefit cap may be harder after welfare U-turn, minister says

Bridget Phillipson stresses that changes to welfare bill after threatened rebellion by backbench MPs have come at a cost

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet minister refuses to confirm if two-child cap will be scrapped

A cabinet minister has refused to confirm whether the Labour Government will keep the the two-child benefit cap in place in a bid to save money

The National (Scotland)

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits

A change in the two-child benefit cap is now less likely

The Independent UK

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Keir Starmer urged not to 'punish' children by keeping two-child cap

Keir Starmer has been urged not to 'punish' children by keeping the two-child cap following Labour’s partial U-turn on benefit cuts ...

The National (Scotland)

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?

In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

The Guardian - US

30 Rags To Riches Stories Of Common People Who Rose From Poverty To Great Success

Folks share the best stories of people who became very rich without anyone’s help.

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‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors

Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

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How the global trade in donkey skins threatens the lives of women and girls

Letter: This cruel, largely unregulated industry in the global south undermines UN goals of gender equality and poverty reduction, writes Marianne Steele of The Donkey Sanctuary

The Guardian - UK

Republicans resurrect Reagan’s welfare queen myth to justify giving billionaires trillions while starving the poor

Welfare queen myth lives on.

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Keir Starmer told keeping two-child cap is 'ultimate betrayal' after welfare U-turn

KEIR Starmer has been warned that keeping the two-child benefit cap would be the “ultimate betrayal” following reports that the Labour…

The National (Scotland)

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP backs calls for Wales to copy Scottish Child Payment

A Labour MP has said that Wales should look to Scotland for inspiration in cutting child poverty numbers

The National (Scotland)

Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover by Congolese rebels early this year

The Independent UK

US skips global UN meeting in Spain aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty

Many countries face escalating debt burdens, declining investments, decreasing international aid and growing trade barriers.

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The Guardian - UK

No 10 plan to avert Labour welfare rebellion in chaos amid division over scale of concessions

MPs including select committee chairs express doubts that concessions agreed last week go far enough

Evening Standard

Benefits cuts could force 150,000 more people into poverty despite U-turn, government data suggests

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty by 2030 under the original plans

The National (Scotland)

Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official DWP modelling suggests

Around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of the Government’s welfare cuts despite Keir Starmer being forced into a…

Evening Standard

Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official modelling suggests

The figure is 100,000 lower than before the Prime Minister was forced into a partial U-turn as a result of a Labour revolt.

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Radio France Internationale

UN chief says aid surge needed to face 'climate chaos, raging conflicts'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change.

The Independent UK

Nations are meeting to drum up trillions to combat poverty — but the US isn't going

The world’s nations are gathering in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor countries and drum up the trillions of dollars needed to close it

The National (Scotland)

IN GRAPHS: Poverty levels in Scotland below UK for 20 years, analysis shows

THE proportion of children, adults, and people of pension age living in relative poverty has tracked lower in Scotland than the UK as a whole for…

International Business Times

UN Conference Seeks Boost For Aid As US Cuts Bite

A UN conference aiming to rally fresh support for development aid begins in Spain on Monday with the sector in crisis as US-led funding cuts jeopardise the fight against poverty.

The Guardian - UK

Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis

As poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty

Radio France Internationale

‘Smoking to survive’: How Sierra Leone’s youth got hooked on kush

A cheap synthetic drug known as kush is ravaging West Africa and its epicentre is Sierra Leone. The government has declared kush a public health emergency, but poverty and trauma are slowing efforts by communities to help unhook young people from its sometimes deadly hold.

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