The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The Northumberland councillor's views during an interview at the Conservative Party Conference have been branded 'disgusting'

Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in dire need of debt relief, the UN said Tuesday. In a new report, the United Nations Development Program warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt…

A baby born between 2019 and 2021 can expect to live 76 years if male and 80 years for women. That’s a reduction of 11 weeks on the previous figures.

For many providing care “work is not a reliable route out of poverty”, the Health Foundation warned.

Shannon Burns’ memoir Childhood begins with an epigraph from Leo Tolstoy’s book of the same name:

Editorial: An expected U-turn on further cuts to universal credit can’t come soon enough

Deep dive into poverty data reveals that policies enabling more housing – in places where people want to live – would improve housing affordability and make more choices possible.

The event this year celebrated the work of teachers, inventors and poverty campaigners.

Families of around 145,000 children will receive additional support as bridging payments are doubled this winter.