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North-east England overtakes London as UK’s child poverty hotspot

Almost two-fifths of children in north-east live in poverty after a decade of decline as campaigners warn of worse to come

The Guardian - UK

Child poverty reaches huge levels in North East, new figures show

Newcastle has seen the number of children growing up poor rise by 50% in the last seven years - the biggest increase in the UK

Chronicle Live

Bristol has highest levels of child poverty in the South West

It equates to ten children in a classroom of 30

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Child poverty fell during pandemic amid temporary universal credit uplift

Groups fear more families will be pushed into poverty, with the £20-a-week uplift now removed and the cost-of-living crisis continuing to deepen.

The Independent UK

State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities

Lottery retailers in nearly every state are clustered in lower-income neighborhoods, driving a wealth transfer from less affluent and educated Americans to the multinational corporations that are increasingly managing the day-to-day operations of the state-sanctioned gambling games

The Independent UK

Damning report shows that almost 20 per cent of children in Renfrewshire are living in poverty

More than 5,000 children in Renfrewshire and more than 2,000 in East Renfrewshire classified as living in poverty by new report.

Daily Record

‘An inequality story’: Utah abortion ban will drive women further into poverty

Women already make 30% less than men in the state, with new restrictions affecting women of color and single mothers

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Secret code for free food at restaurant as venue launches bid to tackle summer food poverty

The pub has launched the idea for the school holidays.

Daily Record

Poverty no obstacle to civil services dream, aspirants told

Senior bureaucrat says distraction levels are higher among rich aspirants

The Hindu

Scotland captain Andy Robertson vows to kick out hunger with backing for free school meals campaign

The Liverpool left-back is supporting the Sunday Mail-led calls which would help to ease the cost of living crisis on families.

Daily Record

'Whoever becomes next PM needs a plan - millionaires are no use in poverty crisis'

It's a tragedy that Britain - one of the world's richest economies - has almost double the number of foodbanks than there are McDonald's that are relied upon around the country

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail staff 'using foodbanks and withdrawing savings to buy nappies'

"It's here amongst us now. People in poverty are people who are working."

Liverpool Echo

Author Édouard Louis: ‘Progressives can’t just sit back and say, “Isn’t the rise of the far right awful?”’

The French literary star talks about growing up in poverty and his mother’s escape from the abusive marriage that haunted his childhood

The Guardian - UK

Violent carjackings increase amid poverty and unemployment in Iran

Using guns, tasers or machetes, carjackers in Iran are using more and more brazen strategies to threaten drivers and steal their vehicles or valuables. With poverty and unemployment on the rise, the crime is fueled by desperation, as shown in the shocking videos taken on highways and streets around Iran.

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Unionists fume at claim UK is 'relatively poor and in comparative decline'

THE top journalist said the UK is a “relatively poor country in comparative decline” ...

WEKU

Afghanistan's depleted dining rugs are a reminder of hunger and loss

As members of the middle class have fallen into poverty in the wake of the Taliban takeover, families are no longer able to serve sumptuous repasts on their traditional dining rugs.

The Independent UK

G20 diplomats face unity headwinds on Ukraine, war's impact

Top diplomats from the richest and largest developing nations are confronting multiple crises as they open talks beset by sharp divisions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impacts on food and energy security, along with climate change, poverty and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic

Wales Online

Driven into poverty by saving a relative's child

A grandmother took in her daughter's child to save her from the care system but gets no financial help and is now dependent on foodbanks

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The Independent UK

Ukraine war helps push 71 million into poverty due to soaring food and oil prices, UN says

The United Nations Development Programme warns the cost of living impact ‘almost without precedent in a generation’

Al Jazeera

Inflation plunged 71 million into poverty since Ukraine war

UN Development Programme report finds surge in commodity prices hitting parts of world’s regions hard.

Daily Record

Steps to tackle child poverty are set out

New report details work across the Community Planning Partnership to mitigate the effects of poverty.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inflation Pushed 71M People Into Poverty Since Ukraine War

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program said in a report Thursday. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million more people fell…

The Independent UK

Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine

Reuters

Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty - UNDP

The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday has warned.

Daily Record

New £10m funding programme to provide free activities, childcare and food to help families this summer

The Scottish Government will target the six priority family types at greatest risk of poverty.

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