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Former PM Gordon Brown demands emergency budget before ‘financial timebomb’

A new report commissioned by Mr Brown suggested Government measures fell well short of addressing households’ needs.

The Independent UK

New PM ‘must double’ cost of living support for struggling families to £30bn

Poverty campaigners warn of ‘terrifying’ winter as energy prices spike

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown: ‘Set emergency budget or risk a winter of dire poverty’

Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis

The Guardian - UK

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Fuel poverty is creating a left-out generation that will never recover from the scars

Only an emergency budget can prevent millions more families from falling into destitution that will mark their children for decades

The Guardian - UK

Desperate army wives forced to work in sex industry due to cost of living crisis

One 25-year-old mum of two told how she worked as a part-time escort after losing her cafe job. She said she started 'out of desperation' as her family was living in poverty

Daily Mirror

Cost of living: Fears over potential fuel poverty deaths unless Stormont ministers take action

People gathered at a cost of living protest in Belfast on Saturday afternoon

Belfast Live

Why this Canberra real estate agency is different

For every year they are in business, they will be donating a classroom to children living in poverty.

The Canberra Times

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Poverty campaigners slam candidates as lack of focus on cost of living is revealed

The National found the cost of living is barely mentioned in social media campaigning from the Tory leadership contenders

The National (Scotland)

41 percent of kids in key worker families in North East living in poverty

One in five kids from key worker families are living in poverty across the UK with that number more than double in the North East, according to analysis undertaken for the TUC

Chronicle Live

‘Heat banks’, targeted payments and anti-poverty strategies: How Greater Manchester council's plans to keep you warm this winter

Households across Greater Manchester are bracing themselves for a long hard winter that it is feared could leave many choosing between heating and eating.

Manchester Evening News

Cost of living: Majority of NI households could face fuel poverty by 2023

New research suggests 1.4 million people in NI could be in fuel poverty by next year

Belfast Live

Lanarkshire debt charity says more than a third of new clients are suicidal due to cost of living crisis

In their latest survey, Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland found a concerning upward trend in the number of clients who felt lonely and isolated before seeking debt help.

Daily Record

Researchers attach body cameras to children to study New Zealand poverty

Images from world-first project show ‘shameful’ differences between conditions faced by children in most- and least-advantaged households

The Guardian - AU

Tackling booze and drugs deaths has to be top priority in Scotland as new stats paint grim picture

Cutting poverty levels is needed to battle Scotland's drugs and alcohol problems, but it requires progressive policies from Holyrood and Westminster, writes the Record View.

Daily Record

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Wales Online

Child poverty increasing in key worker households, warns TUC

Study suggests number has risen by 65,000 in two years

Daily Mirror

1 in 5 kids from key worker families are living in poverty - see which area hit hardest

The analysis, undertaken for the TUC by Landman Economic, shows kids from key worker families in the North East are suffering the most, with 41 per cent living in poverty.

Newsroom.co.nz

Poverty is not a partisan issue

Bipartisan support for substantial policy reforms - not one-off payments - is needed urgently to share the inevitable pain of reduced living standards, writes Susan St John.

Daily Record

Shocking stats show nearly 25,000 Lanarkshire kids living in poverty

The End Child Poverty coalition are calling for further action

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The Conversation

Racism in South Africa: why the ANC has failed to dismantle patterns of white privilege

One of the sources of social discontent in post-apartheid South Africa is the legacy of white racism. This toxic legacy is evident in racialised poverty and inequality.

Daily Mirror

Police officers using food banks to feed families as they fight crime AND poverty

Despite a recent £1,900 flat wage increase across all police ranks in England and Wales thousands of officers are now fighting poverty as well as crime

Daily Record

Frontline council staff in Renfrewshire are struggling to feed their families

GMB union hits out in pay row as strike action looms, saying: "We have taken devastating calls from members telling us they can’t afford to live"

The Conversation

Unequal power relations driven by poverty fuel sexual violence in Lake Chad region

There have been multiple instances of sexual violence against women and girls in the Lake Chad region since terrorism activity started in the area in 2009. The region includes Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa. continues to fund antiabortion organization in new budget

As it’s done for years, the state of Pennsylvania approved funding in the budget it passed last month to support the antiabortion movement, some of it with money diverted from cash assistance for people in poverty.

Chronicle Live

Group of young people take on fundraising walk to tackle period poverty in the North East

The Menstrual Bakers is helping to provide girls and women with period products who may not be able to afford them

Edinburgh Live

British Gas, EDF, Scottish Power, Octopus: Energy support funds as bills set to reach £3,600

The average bill is expected to hit around £3,600 in October and then rise again in January with experts warning that thousands could fall into fuel poverty as the cost of living and energy crisis continues.

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