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Poverty is linked to poorer brain development – but reading can help counteract it

Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental wellbeing. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to better mental heath, cognition and educational attainment in adolescence and adulthood. It can also provide resilience in times of stress.

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Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in poverty

Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard them being disrespectful of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Call the Midwife star praises the NHS heroes who have 'lifted generations out of poverty'

Actor in period medical drama hails 'sense of protection' that modern healthcare system has given

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The trauma of Cary Grant: how he thrived after a terrible childhood - as told by his daughter

Born into extreme poverty, Grant was told as a child his mother had died. She had actually been placed in a psychiatric institution. It was the start of a life of repression and extraordinary reinvention

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Glasgow councillors warn children face lasting impact of food poverty stigma

The concerns were raised as councillors called for a universal approach to be taken to providing food during the school holidays

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UK Government's benefits system could send 1.8 million more into poverty

THE income gap between typical and poorer households could widen even further if the UK Government ploughs on with its regressive approach to…

The National (Scotland)

Food bank use a ‘personal decision’, says veterans minister

Johnny Mercer says food bank use not an accurate measure of poverty after reports of some military personnel relying on them

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Rising productivity is not enough to help poorer households, says think tank

A focus on wages rather than equality could see 1.8 million more people fall into relative poverty, the Resolution Foundation has warned.

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East Renfrewshire figures show rise in child poverty as 'targeted action needed'

East Renfrewshire has the lowest child poverty rate in Scotland but figures in an annual report showed over 200 more children are now living in poverty.

Glasgow Live

Amazon Indigenous are leaving rainforest for cities, and finding urban poverty

Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities

The Independent UK

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The Global Goals are a phenomenal idea. They're what happened when the UN came together and said: "Here are the world's biggest problems, and here is how we're going to measure progress on them." The 17 goals include promises to end extreme poverty and hunger, fix climate change and education,…

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‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

The Guardian - UK

Fighting for the kids who go hungry at school

As more and more families are pushed to the brink, children and parents in Liverpool are taking the fight against poverty to the top

Liverpool Echo

Tory hoping to replace Boris Johnson voted to hike taxes, rents and parking permit costs

Local councillor Steve Tuckwell opposed measures to help reduce poverty despite the cost of living crisis causing food bank usage rise in his community

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Almost 13 million adults now struggling to pay bills, debt charity warns

Cost of living crisis and rising interest rates forcing more people to become ‘trapped in poverty’

Daily Mirror

Government adviser grew up in poverty and wants to 'shift dial' on social mobility

Alun Francis who grew up in poverty criticised successive governments for failing for decades to grasp the vital role geography plays in social mobility

Daily Mirror

'It's nigh on impossible to argue against free school meals - Labour should be all over it'

'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'

Daily Mirror

'Our rented home is overrun with rats - we just want somewhere clean to die in peace'

Raija, 70, from Birmingham, has lived in the flat with her 87-year-old husband for 20 years and said they felt trapped - she has claimed the landlord refused to repair their problems, despite the 'appalling' conditions

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Lowered Ofgem price cap will still leave a quarter in fuel poverty, activists warn

Campaigners say many households may miss out on state help after closure of energy price guarantee

The Hindu

High Court Judge’s intervention helps Bala Sadan inmate get admission in State-run school in Andhra Pradesh

Justice Jyothirmai also helps another inmate join a tailoring course under Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Urban Areas

The Independent UK

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line and millions face a 40% cut in emergency food aid in July because the $5.4 billion U.N. humanitarian appeal for Syria – the world’s largest – is only…

Edinburgh Live

Fifth of West Lothian children living in poverty, with warning the number could rise

Grim reading in new report says that full effects of cost of living crisis have yet to be measured. In some parts of the county almost 50% of children live in impoverished families

Daily Mirror

Poorest households will need nearly £600 extra to heat homes this winter

Smart energy supplier Utilita has called on the government to ban legacy meters, and provide up to £800 of direct winter energy assistance to the lowest income households

The Guardian - UK

‘Food banks are not the answer’: charities search for new way to help UK families

After years of austerity, local pantries are starting to question whether food handouts get people out of poverty

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool schoolkids write to Rishi Sunak to plead for free school meals

"If you don't have a free school meal you might get sleepy and not learn"

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