The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Over the last three decades, there has been a proliferation of social protection programmes across the global south in what some have dubbed a development revolution. International development agencies across the ideological spectrum have embraced social protection as an effective and efficient instrument to reduce poverty and inequality.

THE number of women relying on Universal Credit while in employment is nearly two-thirds higher than for men, the Sunday National can reveal.

The pandemic proved how crucial it is to be connected to the internet.

Labour MP cites work on food poverty and Hillsborough Law as he urges supporters to back him in selection battle

Friday: Towns worked to evacuate livestock and dig trenches as rivers burst, with some areas facing the worst flooding in almost 50 years. Plus: what can single people do to celebrate their lives

Advocates say it should be a ‘source of great shame’ that one in eight people live in poverty in such a wealthy country

Feed the Future: Figures from across Westminster say the case for widening support is clear and urgent

Ex-Minister Michael Gove leads senior Tories calling for a rethink. Adam Forrest reports

Eclipsed by rich countries’ own problems, a crunch a decade in the making is coming to a head