The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Alarming statistics reveal the changing face of poverty in Australia

Exclusive: Workers at anti-poverty charity, Oxfam, are balloting for strike action as they use food banks and struggle to pay rent

Foreign secretary says it is not his role to assess events ‘unfolding as we speak’ as MPs ask questions in Commons on Israel and Gaza conflict

One million children were living in extreme poverty in 2022, according to estimates by a research charity

‘Destitute’ means a living standard so sparse, it should be consigned to history. It now applies to 4 million in the UK, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisis

71.6% of women 50 and older have had a mammogram in the past two years. The biggest gap in screening rates is between insured and uninsured women.

It is often being left to charities to try to plug gaps for people in desperate situations, the report said.

Grants target fuel poverty and support carbon footprint reduction

‘Surburbanisation of poverty’ is changing social fabric of cities and widening gap between rich and poor

PM Modi in Gwalior praised the Scindia family and spoke of the Central Govt's long-term planning in the past 10 years, including 33% reservation for women, abrogation of Article 370, OROP, GST, and banning of triple talaq. He also spoke of poverty eradication, India's space station, and gave students homework…