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NHS staff's poverty fears as the Scottish Government pulls the plug on unlimited Covid sick leave

Health workers suffering from Long Covid could be left without an income after taking ill caring for others with coronavirus

Daily Record

Almost half of children in lone-parent families in relative poverty – IFS

Some 1.5 million children were living in relative poverty in 2019-20 before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

The Independent UK

EasyJet operations chief quits; petrol hits new high; Suez Canal’s record revenues – as it happened

EasyJet’s chief operating officer Peter Bellew resigns amid growing anger over flight disruption

The Guardian - UK

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Half of all children in lone-parent families are in relative poverty

Exclusive: IFS study shows impact of Tory cuts to benefits and cost of living crisis on single mothers

The Guardian - UK

DWP told to ‘get a grip’ as unpaid carers face long waits for financial support

Charity leaders warned that unpaid carers are ‘increasingly being plunged into poverty’

The Independent UK

UK graduate students call for more support as cost of living crisis bites

Graduates say this year’s 2.9% rise in student stipends is insufficient and could push them into poverty

The Guardian - UK

Poverty charity in Gateshead calls on businesses to help out with cost of living

A total 44,000 people were supported by Feeding Families last year, but workers are expecting 'perfect storm' to put more into financial difficulties

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Pensioners and social welfare recipients 'in line for early Christmas Bonus'

Our nationwide survey of 2,300 people have shown 64% feel they are living in relative poverty.

Irish Mirror

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

News of the trailer full of bodies struck horror in cities and villages accustomed to watching their young people leave, trying to flee poverty or violence in Central America and Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

Crisis to crisis: What Asia learned from the financial chaos of 1997

Twenty-five years ago this month marked the beginning of economic, political and financial market turmoil that would become known as the Asian Financial Crisis. Currencies and stock markets tumbled. Governments were overthrown. Poverty rates soared.

Bangkok Post

Asda and Aldi have renamed shopping aisles - but some shoppers aren't impressed

Shoppers have raised a number of issues surrounding period poverty, transphobia and the general stigma surrounding menstruation

Bristol Post

Northern Ireland child gets Diana Award after raising over £28,000 for food poverty charity

Ben completed a ten-day charity trek from his hometown of Larne to the home of his favourite football team, Manchester United

Belfast Live

Quarter of UK women hit by period poverty, poll claims

Many girls have skipped school because they couldn’t afford pads or tampons, survey finds

The Independent UK

India’s urban population to stand at 675 million in 2035, behind China’s 1 billion: U.N.

By 2035, the percentage of population in India at mid-year residing in urban area will be 43.2%, the U.N. said in a report

The Hindu

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The Times of India

Ahmedabad: For some poor councillors, getting elected meant losing below poverty line benefits

AHMEDABAD: There is a general belief that once a politician gets elected and comes to power his or her financial worries are things of the past. However, there are some elected public representatives whose financial status was below poverty line (BPL) and were eligible for government benefits for BPL. Once…

Al Jazeera

Afghan survivor: If another quake doesn’t kill us, poverty might

More than 1,000 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured in Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in 20 years.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Social Mobility Commission: a string of broken promises

Editorial: Under Katharine Birbalsingh, the body has moved as far as possible away from its initial remit of child poverty

Reuters

Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles

Businessman Leonardo del Vecchio, who has died aged 87, created the glasses company that owns brands including Ray-Ban and used his billions to become one of the most influential figures in Italian finance.

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The Guardian - UK

Why does the UK still have such a shameful attitude to poverty and benefits?

Study after study explodes the myth of the benefit ‘scrounger’. Sympathy is growing – but apparently not among Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Wales Online

Period poverty is worst in Brighton and Hove - as nearly half can't afford sanitary items

Overall, a quarter of the female population find it more difficult now to afford basic sanitary protection - due to the rising cost of living and effects of the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

'Scared' strikers struggling to pay bills 'can't afford not to strike'

"Everybody is hurting. There are people over there now who are experiencing real poverty"

Daily Record

Dundee campaigners rally for end to fuel poverty as council declares emergency

Activtsts gathered in City Square less than two weeks after the council became the first in Scotland to declare a "cost-of-living emergency".

Chronicle Live

Wakefield's new Labour MP Simon Lightwood grew up 'in poverty' in South Shields

The former King George V Comp pupil took the 'red wall' seat of Wakefield from the Conservatives and pledged to stand up for people in poverty

The Conversation

Helping Afghanistan after earthquake will be hard: 3 questions answered

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades took place on June 22, 2022, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,600. The disaster struck a remote mountainous region and came at a time when millions of Afghans are experiencing severe poverty and hunger. Since the Taliban, which…

Salon

D.C. march calls out "politics of greed"

Revived crusade founded by Dr. King focuses on new rise of union organizing at Amazon, Starbucks and elsewhere

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