The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted

‘You won't have to wait much longer to see what the measures are (to tackle child poverty)’ - Sir Keir Starmer

The prime minister said his government will be ‘taking a number of measures’ to tackle child poverty

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘personally committed to driving down child poverty’.

Rachel Reeves plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap, sparking debate over fairness, cost to taxpayers and its impact on child poverty in the UK.

Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty

The chancellor said it was important not to let the ‘costs to our economy in allowing child poverty to go unchecked’

Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wife

Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prison

Kerala has announced that it has “eradicated extreme poverty”, a claim that has drawn admiration, scepticism and everything in between. On South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Anisha Sheth speak to IAS officer Anupama TV, Special Secretary of the Local Self Government Department, and Professor Freddy Thomas from Bengaluru’s Christ…

Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook