The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” –Joe Biden

Poverty is toxic to people’s mental and physical health, the Centre for Mental Health said.

Only below poverty line (BPL) patients are eligible under the free organ transplantation scheme — heart, liver, and kidney — in government and private-empaneled hospitals in Karnataka

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

Garment workers and their struggle with getting their compensation on time, lawfully and above the minimum wages seem to see some favourable amendments in a few Asian provinces ever since the round of petitions and treaties has been signed by several organisations, activists and institutions of NGOs. Earning a living…

California has approved trust funds for some children from low-income families who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19

The state of California is ready with $304 million to help lower- and middle-income consumers pay for health insurance if federal subsidies end. But the fund will cover only a fraction of what would be lost.

Nearly half of all secondary pupils are in receipt of free school meals, according to a new report into child poverty in Knowsley

Child poverty campaigners criticise government plans for free theatre tickets and supermarket discounts