The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

More than 5,000 kids are deemed to be caught in the poverty trap

Families are struggling to pay for basic needs such as shoes and many are relying on food banks to feed their families

Fulton MacGregor claims 'progress is being undermined by decades of Westminster austerity policies'

The Slovenian army has started removing a razor wire fence on the border with Croatia that was put up to curb migrant crossings after more than a million people fleeing violence and poverty entered Europe in a huge migration wave in 2015

The report also reveals that around 200,000 children were in poverty in Scotland in 2021.

One subsidised restaurant seeks to help Turks facing escalating living costs. But such acts do little against a soaring inflation rate

Poverty groups are warning the situation will 'get even worse' this winter with foodbanks being 'overwhelmed'

The figures come from the End Child Poverty Coalition and have been met with dismay.

Almost one in 10 Canadian households spend more than 10 per cent of their income to heat and cool their homes, keep the lights on and to store or cook food. For these households, the high cost of energy, which includes electricity, natural gas, heating oil and propane, means they…

DWP data shows 1.3m children affected by limit as research shows risk of long-lasting harm increasing due to cost of living crisis

Parents are sacrificing hygiene essentials to ensure their children do not go without as they struggle to cope with rising prices, a charity has warned.