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MPs and Lords wasted 2.6 million subsidised meals last year as food poverty surges

Canteens throwing out vast quantities of good as millions skip meals

The Independent UK

Fuel poverty: better-off urged to donate £400 energy grant to those who need it

Charities and community groups are setting up schemes to ensure discount helps people struggling with soaring bills

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Power chief earned over £11m despite facing fraud and bribery probe

It was alleged he breached the privacy of Real Madrid’s Florentino Perez when his construction company ACS was fighting for a seat on Iberdrola’s board in 2009.

Daily Record

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Fuel fat cats feasting on profit as families plunged into poverty

Families are being driven into poverty by the worst cost-of-living crisis in living memory.

Daily Record

Outrage as MPs and Lords bin 2.6 million subsidised meals while families struggle

As two million hard-up adults admit going without food for an entire day during the cost of living crisis, the shocking amount of dumped food in parliament has been revealed in an FOI

Daily Mirror

As Iraqi Protesters Rally, Political Deadlock Leaves Families without Cash

Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi government funding to help her and hundreds of thousands of families in poverty is blocked by political stalemate. With politicians deadlocked over forming a new government since an election in October, rival…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK energy bills crisis could set back health equality by decades, say experts

Chancellor told failure to act would hit services as poverty, cold and missed meals increase sickness rates

The Guardian - UK

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As Iraqi protesters rally, political deadlock leaves families without cash

Reuters

Work doesn’t pay. Labour will fix that

Squeezed pay has forced too many working people to use food banks, say Labour frontbenchers Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands recall of Parliament to tackle soaring energy bills

In a letter to Boris Johnson, Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, said the country faces an ‘urgent choice’.

The Independent UK

NHS bosses make rare appeal to ministers as UK faces ‘public health emergency’

Leaders warn that unless the Government takes action on rising energy prices, fuel poverty will put additional pressure on an already overwhelmed NHS.

The Independent UK

NI families face 'destitution' this winter unless solutions found to address cost of living crisis

New research suggests that Northern Ireland will be the ‘UK region’ worst affected by fuel poverty

Belfast Live

More than 72 per cent of Scots could fall into fuel poverty next year

A new study has found more than 72 per cent of homes in Scotland will fall into fuel poverty as the energy crisis continues with annual bills of £4,650 from next year as inflation hits 10.1 per cent.

Edinburgh Live

'People will die without action': 72 per cent of households to suffer fuel poverty

THE Scottish Greens warn “people will die” if action is not taken as a study reveals 72 per cent of Scottish households will be in fuel…

The National (Scotland)

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States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

The Hindu

Child labour, caste, poverty closely linked in India: U.N. Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata

United Nations Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty are closely inter-linked in Indi

Wales Online

Some 45 million Brits to be in fuel poverty in winter, study warns

The hardest-hit region is set to be Northern Ireland

The Conversation

We asked children how they experienced poverty. Here are 6 changes needed now

An eight-year-old boy is often hungry, but knows if he tells his mum, she will eat less herself and go hungry. He hates the thought, so he stays quiet.

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The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of UK families could be in fuel poverty by January, research finds

Estimated 45m people will struggle to pay energy bills this winter with predicted rises in price cap

Irish Mirror

Noel Gallagher teams up with Emeli Sande for special performance in hometown Manchester

Rock legend Noel Gallagher will join fellow singers Melanie C and Emeli Sande at a very special charity gala next month, as the star-studded lineup aim to help young people affected by poverty through charitable initiative Football for Change

Bangkok Post

Let's save gender equality gains

Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country's revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white, and singing to her fellow demonstrators. Ugandan climate-justice activist Vanessa Nakate went from protesting alone at the gates of her country's parliament to demanding action from world leaders at the United…

The Independent UK

Matthew Desmond's book 'Poverty, by America' coming in 2023

Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country

Asharq Al-Awsat

Minister of Irrigation Says COP27 is an Opportunity to Set Out Egypt's Water Scarcity

The newly appointed Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, said the upcoming COP27 climate summit is "an opportunity" to introduce the world to Egypt's water poverty. Swailem indicated that Egypt depends on boosting its cooperation with the Nile Basin countries to benefit from its resources and reduce…

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan warns of potential rise in violence over cost of living crisis

Rising poverty levels ‘threaten to reverse progress’, says Labour mayor of London

Insider UK

Sturgeon to chair meeting with suppliers in bid to ease cost-of-energy crisis

Scottish Power, Ovo Energy, Centrica, Octopus Energy and E.on are among the companies that will attend

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