The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

We’re at around the midway point of the 2024 election campaign and the two main party leaders have undergone a grilling by Sky News. This was not a head-to-head debate but two separate interviews with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, followed by questions from the public.

Pension commitments and a sickly population mean that by 2029 Britain’s welfare bill will be increasing by £20bn a year, analysis by Resolution Foundation predicts

Often nothing left for other necessities or emergencies, Anglicare says, with Centrelink payment levels ‘trapping people in poverty’

A study by the National Women's Law Center also shows that Hispanic women are significantly overrepresented in the tipped workforce

Voters think businesses need to play a bigger role in the fight against climate change and poverty, research reveals

Letter: Andrew Forsey suggests reforms that would ensure fewer children’s lives are blighted by poverty and hunger

Scotland faces a “significant” challenge if it is to eradicate child poverty, First Minister John Swinney has told MSPs.

In the first instalment of a special series on the emblems of Tory Britain, the former prime minister Gordon Brown looks at the avoidable epidemic of hunger – which is getting worse

Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

Muhammad Yunus tells the Guardian charges against him are politically motivated, and expresses concern about personal attacks from politicians

The ruling ANC is on a pioneering path to transform the Covid grant into a scheme that aims to combat poverty