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Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’

Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

Near-Dickensian poverty levels for some children in England, warns commissioner

A new report noted a range of concerns including lack of access to quality, healthy food and living in cramped and poor conditions.

The Independent UK

‘Mouldy or full of rats’: Children in England face almost-Dickensian levels of poverty

A report from the Children’s Commissioner noted a range of concerns, including living in cramped and poor conditions

The Independent UK

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Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds

Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030

The Guardian - UK

Modi government called ‘out of touch’ for claiming India is one of world’s most equal nations

World Bank data seized upon by government – but economists say it doesn’t paint the full picture

The Independent UK

The spirit of the G8 ‘make poverty history’ summit of 2005 seems long gone

The 2008 crash, Trump, aid budget cuts and a more fragmented world has made debt relief seem a lost cause but there are murmurs of a renaissance

The Guardian - UK

Scrapping two-child benefit cap may be harder after welfare U-turn, minister says

Bridget Phillipson stresses that changes to welfare bill after threatened rebellion by backbench MPs have come at a cost

The Guardian - UK

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Cabinet minister refuses to confirm if two-child cap will be scrapped

A cabinet minister has refused to confirm whether the Labour Government will keep the the two-child benefit cap in place in a bid to save money

The National (Scotland)

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson admits

A change in the two-child benefit cap is now less likely

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged not to 'punish' children by keeping two-child cap

Keir Starmer has been urged not to 'punish' children by keeping the two-child cap following Labour’s partial U-turn on benefit cuts ...

The National (Scotland)

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?

In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

The Guardian - US

30 Rags To Riches Stories Of Common People Who Rose From Poverty To Great Success

Folks share the best stories of people who became very rich without anyone’s help.

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‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors

Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

Al Jazeera

How the global trade in donkey skins threatens the lives of women and girls

Letter: This cruel, largely unregulated industry in the global south undermines UN goals of gender equality and poverty reduction, writes Marianne Steele of The Donkey Sanctuary

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Republicans resurrect Reagan’s welfare queen myth to justify giving billionaires trillions while starving the poor

Welfare queen myth lives on.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer told keeping two-child cap is 'ultimate betrayal' after welfare U-turn

KEIR Starmer has been warned that keeping the two-child benefit cap would be the “ultimate betrayal” following reports that the Labour…

The Guardian - UK

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP backs calls for Wales to copy Scottish Child Payment

A Labour MP has said that Wales should look to Scotland for inspiration in cutting child poverty numbers

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The Independent UK

Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover by Congolese rebels early this year

Euronews

US skips global UN meeting in Spain aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty

Many countries face escalating debt burdens, declining investments, decreasing international aid and growing trade barriers.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 plan to avert Labour welfare rebellion in chaos amid division over scale of concessions

MPs including select committee chairs express doubts that concessions agreed last week go far enough

Evening Standard

Benefits cuts could force 150,000 more people into poverty despite U-turn, government data suggests

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty by 2030 under the original plans

The National (Scotland)

Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official DWP modelling suggests

Around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of the Government’s welfare cuts despite Keir Starmer being forced into a…

Evening Standard

Welfare reforms could push 150,000 into poverty, official modelling suggests

The figure is 100,000 lower than before the Prime Minister was forced into a partial U-turn as a result of a Labour revolt.

Radio France Internationale

UN chief says aid surge needed to face 'climate chaos, raging conflicts'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change.

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