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Glasgow to host 'largest' summit on cost-of-living crisis

Headed by the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Poverty Alliance, the summit will bring together more than 40 civic organisations. They will develop a joint platform on how to tackle the crisis.

Glasgow Live

Grim options, grim choices: trafficked girls in India

Poverty and abuse often mean Indian girls and women see human traffickers as their ticket to a better life – and this only grew worse during the pandemic.

360info

Cost-of-living crisis: Food poverty 'social supermarket' scheme to be expanded by Stormont

A budget of £1.5million has been allocated to support the work for the coming year

Belfast Live

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Economists blast Boris Johnson for 'suppressing' Brits' wages as inflation soars

Economists from a host of universities and think tanks have written to the Prime Minister dismissing his claims over pay hikes fuelling inflation

Daily Mirror

Hometown looks to aspiring Colombia VP Marquez to deliver on inequality promises

Former neighbors and colleagues in Colombia's largely marginalized Cauca province hope vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez, a single mother and former housekeeper, will help areas plagued by violence and poverty if her ticket wins the election on Sunday.

Reuters

Calls to charity St Vincent de Paul up a fifth amid soaring cost of living

SVP says the rising cost of living is pushing more and more families into poverty

Irish Mirror

One key change called for as Ireland reaches new record of households living in 'energy poverty'

The study shows that from January 2021 to April 2022 the cost of running a household has increased by around €21 per week.

Irish Mirror

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Number of people facing fuel poverty is "seriously frightening" in Dumfries and Galloway

Councillor calls for more action to help householders following release of new report shedding light on people struggling to heat their homes

Daily Record

Damning report shows 'reckless' two-child limit must be scrapped, says MP

THE Tories are continuing to ignore the harm caused by the two-child limit, the SNP’s shadow chancellor has said, after a fresh report proved the…

The National (Scotland)

Poverty leaves scars for life – I’m still scared of strangers at the door and bills through the letterbox

Denying people their needs to save a few quid is a false economy, says campaigner Jack Monroe

The Guardian - UK

The huge problem with schools according to the man in charge of education in Wales

Progress narrowing the attainment gap has been too slow and 'leaves us well behind where we want to be', said education minister Jeremy Miles

Wales Online

Poverty can happen to anyone at any time – it’s in my every waking and sleeping thought

Every day I try not to show my children how agonising it is to live under Australia’s ‘safety net’ for when people are at their most vulnerable

The Guardian - AU

A poverty trend in search of an explanation

The delay in household consumption expenditure survey leaves us unsure of the studies

The Hindu

5 Things You Might Not Know About Bill Gates: Did He Really Start His First Co. At Age 15?

Bill Gates is well-known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The entrepreneur is also a huge philanthropist creating the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help spread technology and medical advancements around the world and reduce poverty.

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Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict

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Tribune News Service

Coeur d’Alene hate group arrests extend North Idaho’s long history with extremism

BOISE, Idaho — North Idaho was pushed to the forefront of the nation’s attention Saturday when 31 members of a white nationalist group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: There’s still no justice for Flint

Every community in this country has a story to tell about poverty. It’s not just about not having money — often it means lacking safe water, clean air or even a voice.

The Guardian - UK

‘Starve and shiver with Sunak’ is the reality for millions. The chancellor can – and must – stop it

Join me in asking the government for a fourth budget, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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If you're renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here's what you can do to keep warm

If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this year, due to poor quality housing and the rapidly escalating energy crisis.

The Conversation

Social assistance cuts are contributing to high rates of HIV, syphilis in Saskatchewan

The province of Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With new changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.

Newsroom.co.nz

The only trade-off that matters

Does society care enough about the poorest children to pay the around $500 million per annum required to significantly reduce child poverty?

Belfast Live

Co Fermanagh protest to take place against cost of living increases

The rally has been organised by the North West Anti Poverty Action Group

The National (Scotland)

The 10 key points from the 'scene-setter' for an independent Scotland

ON Tuesday the Scottish Government released a “scene setter” for independence, a 72-page document that launches a fresh vision for Scotland’s…

Daily Record

West Lothian poverty charity says action is needed after client had to burn furniture to heat home

Angela Moohan, CEO of The Larder is calling for a national food emergency

Manchester Evening News

"No new help for low-income families": Greater Manchester poverty group slams government food strategy

The Food Strategy has come under fire since being leaked to The Guardian late last week.

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