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The gaps over eligibility and on spending levels are narrower than the fundamental differences of the previous session.

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke out after the UK Government set out a series of reforms to the welfare system.

The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Labour’s reforms to benefits aim to reduce economic inactivity and encourage work, but critics warn they could push vulnerable people further into poverty

Nigeria has abundant human and natural resources but remains mired in underdevelopment. There are high levels of poverty, corruption, unemployment and inequality. The country is currently witnessing a rise in ethnic militias and terrorism, adding to the threats posed by armed herdsmen’s deadly clashes with rural communities over land.

Many MPs will feel that pushing people in to poverty to balance the books is not what they came into politics to do

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention

New sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty