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Asda hits back at claims its budget range of food is 'embarrassing' families

Asda's new budget range was criticised by some shoppers for being a "poverty-marker" - but the supermarket said customers should not be embarrassed about saving money

Daily Mirror

“We shouldn’t have this level of child poverty in the UK", says charity boss on visit to North East

Save the Children UK boss Gwen Hines visited North Tyneside after figures showed rising levels of child poverty in the North East

Chronicle Live

Edinburgh pensioner paying £6000 a year for fuel bills after charges doubled

With many others stuck in a similar financial situation, Nicola sturgeon has been accused of “failing to grasp” an “epidemic of working poverty” set to engulf Scotland within months

Edinburgh Live

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Asda criticised for bright yellow 'poverty marking' packaging on new range

One shopper said the bright colour screams: “We are poor!”

Wales Online

Gordon Brown demands Tory leaders hold Cobra meeting amid cost of living crisis

Writing for the Daily Record, the former prime minister said the committee must meet up to find a plan to tackle the national emergency.

Daily Record

When ‘having it good’ leaves you with nothing: life as a renter on the poverty line

For those of us who rely on the whim of a landlord for safe shelter, there’s no relief in sight until politicians decide to act

The Guardian - AU

Britain is entering a profound social emergency. Why is nobody acting like it?

We are entering an era of mass fuel poverty and ‘warm banks’ – and complacent leaders have left a dangerous political vacuum, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

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Gordon Brown demands emergency budget as Truss and Sunak bicker over cost of living help

The former prime minister has warned that millions of people in the UK will be plunged into poverty if urgent action isn't taken

The National (Scotland)

Over 1000 Lanarkshire locals die in poverty as calls made to better support terminally ill people

Marie Curie are calling on governments to take action to support terminally ill people

Daily Record

More than a third of parents fail to contribute towards child maintenance payments

Ineffective government-run scheme risks creating a poverty trap for families owed money, MPs warn

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'failing to grasp working poverty epidemic' set to hit Scots

The First Minister has been warned the cost of living crisis will engulf Scotland without action.

Daily Record

Desperate Army wives work in sex industry amid cost-of-living crisis

Armed forces charities warn over food poverty threat

Wales Online

Former PM Gordon Brown demands emergency budget before ‘financial timebomb’

A new report commissioned by Mr Brown suggested Government measures fell well short of addressing households’ needs.

The Independent UK

New PM ‘must double’ cost of living support for struggling families to £30bn

Poverty campaigners warn of ‘terrifying’ winter as energy prices spike

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown: ‘Set emergency budget or risk a winter of dire poverty’

Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis

The Guardian - UK

Fuel poverty is creating a left-out generation that will never recover from the scars

Only an emergency budget can prevent millions more families from falling into destitution that will mark their children for decades

Daily Mirror

Desperate army wives forced to work in sex industry due to cost of living crisis

One 25-year-old mum of two told how she worked as a part-time escort after losing her cafe job. She said she started 'out of desperation' as her family was living in poverty

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Fears over potential fuel poverty deaths unless Stormont ministers take action

People gathered at a cost of living protest in Belfast on Saturday afternoon

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The Canberra Times

Why this Canberra real estate agency is different

For every year they are in business, they will be donating a classroom to children living in poverty.

The National (Scotland)

Poverty campaigners slam candidates as lack of focus on cost of living is revealed

The National found the cost of living is barely mentioned in social media campaigning from the Tory leadership contenders

Chronicle Live

41 percent of kids in key worker families in North East living in poverty

One in five kids from key worker families are living in poverty across the UK with that number more than double in the North East, according to analysis undertaken for the TUC

Manchester Evening News

‘Heat banks’, targeted payments and anti-poverty strategies: How Greater Manchester council's plans to keep you warm this winter

Households across Greater Manchester are bracing themselves for a long hard winter that it is feared could leave many choosing between heating and eating.

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Majority of NI households could face fuel poverty by 2023

New research suggests 1.4 million people in NI could be in fuel poverty by next year

Daily Record

Lanarkshire debt charity says more than a third of new clients are suicidal due to cost of living crisis

In their latest survey, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland found a concerning upward trend in the number of clients who felt lonely and isolated before seeking debt help.

The Guardian - AU

Researchers attach body cameras to children to study New Zealand poverty

Images from world-first project show ‘shameful’ differences between conditions faced by children in most- and least-advantaged households

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