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Letter: Helping children achieve higher scores in exams does not do much for most of those living in poverty, writes Simon Gibbs

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

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 workshops have been organised by a community group aimed at reducing poverty and unemployment, to help the refugees find jobs in the local area.

The 41-year-old father of six hopes to bring “an awareness” of the struggle many kids in Britain endure when he makes his debut hosting next month’s Children in Need.

Warm spaces open amid cost of living crisis in area with country’s highest rate of fuel poverty

Sarah Beech, who "worked from the minute she left school", was told she wasn't entitled to her state pension shortly before passing away from multiple sclerosis

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