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One in four children of UK care workers living in poverty, TUC finds

Figure represents 220,000 children, with union adding many families of nurses and public transport workers also in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide health care to some, while others get too much medicine

Access to quality health care is a fundamental human right. Yet more than half the world’s population can’t obtain even the most essential health care. Out-of-pocket costs drive hundreds of millions into extreme poverty

The Conversation

Authorities from Perth and Kinross meet as a taskforce in preparation for cost-of-living poverty future faced by the Big County residents

On Friday October 28 meetings were held to galvanise Perthshire's response to the financial squeeze that is looming over many with a closed meeting followed by a gathering of businesses and organisations to chew over needs and options .

Daily Record

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Uncomfortable truth about US health care

Racism, not just poverty and access to care, makes Americans sicker

Salon

Jamie’s £1 Wonders review – desperate proof of how far down Britain has slid

The TV chef whips up crisis-budget meals, but his jolly shtick about poverty cuisine being a delight is jarring – even Jamie can’t make meals cheap enough for people with no cash to cook them

The Guardian - UK

Cold homes increase the risk of severe mental health problems – new study

Concerns about fuel poverty and people not being able to heat their homes adequately are not new in the UK, but these worries have been heightened by significant increases in energy costs and the cost-of-living crisis. And as winter approaches, things are about to get a lot worse.

The Conversation

This is heartbreaking: Bishops and imams in school meals plea

The Bishop of Durham and the Muslim Council of Britain have urged the Government to act on child hunger

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Renfrewshire poverty panel led by those who lived it as thousands reach out for help

The group's first meeting is scheduled to take place in December.

Daily Record

New anti-poverty initiative focuses on lived experiences to help shape policy

The theme of the recent United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was Dignity for All in Practice.

The Conversation

New Generation of Syrians Were Born in Exile

Ten years after fleeing war in her native Syria, Hadeel is expecting a third child, brought into a life of poverty and uncertainty at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Who is Jake Paul's boxing opponent Anderson Silva? Poverty, a snapped leg and UFC immortality

The 47-year-old is a UFC legend

Wales Online

‘Most severe we’ve seen it’: Australia’s food relief providers struggle to meet demand

With power prices rising, wages stagnating and welfare leaving people below the poverty line, the demands on charities are off the charts

The Guardian - AU

Tom Kerridge issues urgent food warning for 800,000 children

A Liverpool primary school has made a big step to end child poverty

Liverpool Echo

In Jordan Camp, a New Generation of Syrians Born in Exile

Ten years after fleeing war in her native Syria, Hadeel is expecting a third child, brought into a life of poverty and uncertainty at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The squalid camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according…

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Daily Record

Cost of living crisis 'to cripple NHS' this winter as poverty-related hospital admissions rise

Winter hospital admissions linked to poverty set to soar as the health service faces a surge in flu cases along with the return of covid.

The Guardian - UK

A testing time for schools to do better

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

The Guardian - UK

Global tuberculosis cases increase for the first time in 20 years

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

The National (Scotland)

Charity boss named next moderator of the Church of Scotland

THE head of a Christian charity that fights global poverty has been named as the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

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The Independent UK

Massive learning setbacks show COVID's sweeping toll on kids

The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to a district-by-district analysis of test scores shared exclusively with The Associated Press

Irish Mirror

Rents almost double in a decade as ESRI report finds homes with disability excluded from measures of poverty

At the same time, the researchers from the ESRI also say that income inequality is at a record low, meaning that the gap between rich and poor is smaller than ever

The Conversation

Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health

Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households.

France 24

Fight against poverty has ground to a halt, World Bank warns

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…

Evening Standard

Hygiene poverty affecting 3.2 million Brits amid cost of living crisis

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

Daily Record

Ukrainian refugees living in Falkirk hotel offered free employment training courses

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.

Daily Record

Jason Manford reckons he's perfect Children in Need host as he had same experience growing up

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.

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