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The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have reversed three decades of progress in reducing poverty, according to the World Bank, which is warning that the global goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 is now out of reach. In its latest report, the Washington-based lender estimates that 70…

Many people are too embarrassed to leave their homes due to a lack of essential products, new report finds

The People's Kitchen has been helping those in poverty in Belfast since 2017

Exclusive: ‘Povertyism’ restricts access to education, housing, employment and social benefits and must be outlawed, says special rapporteur

Nearly 80% of the estimated 70 million people around the world who fell into extreme poverty at the onset of Covid-19 in 2020 were from India, a recent World Bank report has revealed. But even this shocking figure could be an underestimation, as the lack of official data makes it…

East Renfrewshire's council leader Owen O'Donnell said research into the impact of the crisis on the area was 'scary' as almost 1,000 children could be pushed into poverty.

As chancellor, Rishi Sunak pledged to uprate benefits in line with inflation - something Liz Truss would not commit to

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A wholesale overhaul of how to confront systemic poverty in Georgia. A multipronged plan to combat the scourge of climate change. A set of policy changes to address the state’s growing affordable housing crisis.

Poverty is stalking the streets of Britain – and that’s the big issue the people in charge continue to duck, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik