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UN: 54 Poor Nations Urgently Need Debt Relief

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Republicans oppose social spending – will it cost them in the midterms?

Economy in focus: In Mississippi, poverty is high and water problems blight the state. But Republicans seem adamantly against spending to help their constituents

The Guardian - US

Children face a hunger crisis – the government needs to act by providing more free school meals

Feed the Future: The Independent partners with the Food Foundation to call on the government to give meals to all schoolchildren living in poverty but who are not currently eligible

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School hunger: ‘They buy fruit with coppers but get upset when they can’t afford anything else’

Free school meals should be a human right, not a benefit

Evening Standard

Free school meals plea for every child living in poverty

Special investigation: Move would benefit Britain by £2.5billion over 20 years

Evening Standard

Poverty throttling life out of Scotland as life expectancy falls

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.

Daily Record

Fifth of residential care workers ‘in poverty before cost-of-living crisis’

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

The Independent UK

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Shannon Burns' Childhood is a story of disconnection, neglect, violence and poverty

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

The Conversation

The Guardian view on benefits: stuck in austerity’s shadow

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

The Guardian - UK

Families who spend less on housing can spend more on food

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

Women of the Year lunch an international ‘show of strength’, says Lorraine Kelly

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

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon: Extra winter bridging payments will help tackle child poverty

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

The Independent UK

Low income Glasgow families to benefit from £1 million childcare funding

Families on a low income in Glasgow are set to benefit from funded school age-childcare as part of a national plan to tackle child poverty — with other regions set to follow

Glasgow Live

‘The fire of our anger is still burning’: protesters in Iran speak out

Those taking to the streets say Mahsa Amini’s death has ignited a deep unrest that won’t end until the Islamic Republic is overthrown

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Four ways to reduce your household energy use – proven by research

A particularly cold September has given us a glimpse of the winter to come. The cold will bite hardest for the 13% of England’s households that are already in fuel poverty. As the energy crisis intensifies, this is expected to rise further.

The National (Scotland)

'Just transition will have failed if Scots are in fuel poverty', minister says

THE “just transition” away from oil and gas will have failed if Scots are still living in fuel poverty in the years ahead, the Government…

Evening Standard

The Standard View: No child should go hungry at school

When you’re hungry, it is difficult to learn. But a special investigation by the Evening Standard and the Independent has found an alarming and growing food crisis among children who live in poverty but are not eligible for free school meals.

Evening Standard

It’s time to face the bitter truth that we must now cut our energy use

There are lots of ways to explain our energy crisis. One is to use an analogy. Imagine a dairy farm serving a distant island’s villages has an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Half the cows have to be slaughtered. Milk production halves. The milk price doubles. As milk prices…

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Daily Record

Conservative politician had never heard of 'relative poverty'

South Ayrshire Council's depute leader admitted he had never heard the term during a discussion on child poverty.

The Independent UK

‘I feel disgusted society would allow this’: Desperate schoolchildren and parents shoplifting to feed themselves and their families

Special Investigation: Headteachers and youth workers highlight an increasing hunger crisis among families living in poverty but who are not eligible for free school meals

Evening Standard

Stealing to eat: Hunger crisis for children not eligible for free school meals but living in poverty

As the cost of living crisis worsens, some families are being pushed to the limit. David Cohen hears about pupils stealing from school canteens and a mother of three caught with a loaf under her coat

Daily Record

More than a quarter of Dumfries and Galloway children living in poverty

Audit Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to work "quickly" with partners to address the issue

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway public health chief warns food and fuel poverty could lead to more winter deaths

Valerie White expressed “grave concerns” over growing income inequality fuelling excess mortality in low income households

The Guardian - AU

Australia a wealthy country? Only if you forget the poor – and poorest

The cost of living is rising for everyone – but the ‘poverty premium’ means low-income people are paying even more

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss on verge of major U-turn on real-terms benefits cut

Exclusive: Tory MPs warn PM she would lose vote on increasing benefits only in line with earnings rather than inflation

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