The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Pensioners tend to face greater financial difficulty in Eastern Europe, while poverty rates are generally lower in Nordic and Western European countries. Switzerland and the UK are outliers here, showing comparatively high levels of pensioner poverty.

More than 100 Labour MPs could vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts

By the end of June 2025, Sam Fender will have played four stadium shows to nearly 250,000 people across the UK, with three of those in his native north east. With three albums and over 2 billion streams, his music has earned widespread acclaim. Yet, Fender is no ordinary rock…

COMMENT: The chancellor’s fiscal headroom is already compromised by her commitment to tackle child poverty, writes Sean O’Grady. So she needs luck – and to be more boring than ever – to raise the revenue she desperately needs

Free school meal registration practices vary across local authorities and schools in England, report finds.

All children in England living in households claiming universal credit will soon be eligible for free school meals, the UK government has announced. This will improve the lives of 500,000 more children and save their families £500 per year.

For decades, Americans have been taught to see Social Security as a reliable safety net—a hard-earned reward for a lifetime of work. And for many, it feels like the only thing standing between them and poverty in old age. But what if Social Security isn’t the salvation it appears to…

SCOTTISH charities have urged the Chancellor to drop her plans to impose benefit cuts and instead invest to end child poverty as a “priority”.

The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, recently announced that if in government, his party would abolish the two-child limit on benefits. This social security policy restricts the payment of means-tested benefits to the first two children of a family.

In 2024, children faced a higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than adults. However, there was a small decrease of 0.6% in the number of children facing this risk in the EU from 2023 to 2024.

When we think about poverty in America, a specific image might come to mind, but the reality is often far more complex and widespread than we assume. The data reveals a story that challenges stereotypes and highlights systemic issues affecting millions of our neighbors. Understanding the true nature of economic…