The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Researches looked into income data from the past 75 years, covering 36 years under Democratic presidents and 39 under Republicans

Data shows 123,000 households, containing 302,000 children, are trapped in poor housing and extreme poverty

Bill Gates says malnutrition is the “world’s worst child health crisis" and climate change will only worsen it.

Letter: Alan Ereira suggests using the increase in value of Britain’s gold reserves to boost welfare payments to its poorest people

Children’s lives in the UK are changing.

The party says the change would benefit a further 900,000 children

Study by Buttle UK found most families had skipped a meal and many parents said they had given their bed to a child

Energy is an unusual commodity as it imposes running costs and capital expenditure. The main way to permanently reduce running costs is to spend money on more efficient use of energy: better insulated homes, more modern boilers, new appliances. Energy price rises since 2020 have provided the incentive to better-off…

Poverty has long been established as a crucial factor hindering the development of young children. Living in poverty can hurt a child’s lifelong health, social and educational outcomes.

Researchers say new data shows need to pull back tax breaks for the wealthy to spend on aid.

Staffers claim June mass layoffs at civil rights non-profit was a union-busting tactic that ‘destroyed lives’