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Starmer and Reeves should listen to Brown’s call for action on child poverty

Letters: Susan Treagus thinks Labour’s top team should ask the former chancellor for policy help, Shelagh Young says destitute families deserve more, and Les Bonney advocates reading the poem Timothy Winters

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on ending destitution: an essentials guarantee is needed

Editorial: The extent of poverty in the UK is shameful and so is the silence surrounding it. Gordon Brown’s challenge to ministers is timely

The Guardian - UK

Raising UK state pension age to 71 would bring ‘misery’ to millions

Ex-pensions secretary and other critics of proposal warn it ‘favours the well-pensioned’ and higher paid

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Tables without food, bedrooms without beds. Grinding child poverty in Britain calls for anger – and a plan

There are things ministers must do but also actions we can take to help fellow citizens. Both are now essential, says former PM Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

The Guardian - UK

Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s

Exclusive: Children’s charity says applications for council support have quadrupled in England since 2018

The Guardian - UK

In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy

New gov’t will have to deal with soaring inflation, increasing poverty, low forex reserves and weakening infrastructure.

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Life expectancy falls by two years in London's poorest areas

Health experts say figures reflect impact of Covid pandemic as well as rise in obesity and poverty

Evening Standard

'Russian roulette at intersections': SUVs belong on camping trips, not in car parks

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Newcastle Herald

Kerala Budget 2024-25 | Marginal increase in Plan outlay for local bodies; extreme poverty eradication by Nov. 2025

Share for local bodies enhanced to 28.09% of the State Plan Outlay, at ₹8,532 crore. In 2023, the share of local bodies was 27.19%, while it was 26.5% in 2022.

The Hindu

Walkathon for a new social order

MYSURU Dhan Foundation, an NGO conducting a walkathon to create public awareness for empowering women and eradicating poverty.

The Hindu

PM Modi accentuates on ‘Modi Guarantee’ as a key campaign slogan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlights the 'Modi Guarantee' as a key campaign slogan, emphasizing the government's support for development and poverty alleviation.

The Hindu

Free ration eliminates worries about food for 80 crore people: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Free Ration - Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said worries about food have been eliminated through free rations for 80 crore people in the country.

The Hindu

‘Orupidi Nanma’ initiative completes one year

The ‘Orupidi Nanma’ initiative wherein school students play an important role in uplifting families living in extreme poverty has completed one year.

The Hindu

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The Guardian - UK

Millions of households in England ‘will still be in fuel poverty by end of decade’

About 3m households affected because of government missing home energy efficiency targets, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Car insurance: drivers paying monthly ‘face interest charges of more than 30%’

‘Poverty premium’ penalises drivers who cannot pay one-off lump sum, say campaigners

Texas Observer

Texas Counties Try to Fight Poverty with Cash

A Harris County poverty relief program intended to put money into needy pockets faces a challenge from a Texas state senator.

Reason

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Lok Sabha elections | People sound poll bugle for me, says PM Modi in Bulandshahr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches development projects in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing on reaching all beneficiaries and eradicating poverty.

AAP

Tax change welcomed but groups rue 'missed opportunity'

Welfare groups say the government has missed out on the chance for broader reform, following changes to stage three tax cuts.

International Business Times UK

Women And Girls In Gaza Are Using 'Parts Of Tents' To Replace Period Products

With blocks on humanitarian aid deliveries, women and girls in Gaza are witnessing the most severe cases of period poverty.

Reason

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They should be heard, not shouted down.

Reason

Princeton's Matthew Desmond Gets Everything Wrong About Poverty's Root Causes

Desmond's analysis never goes deeper than his facile assertion that "poverty persists because some wish and will it to."

The Guardian - UK

Escaping poverty has become much harder in past two decades, report says

Six million of the poorest people would need more than double their incomes to move out of hardship, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Salon

It's about wages, not education

Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There's an easy solution

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