The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Feeling constantly broke, living under the dark cloud of financial stress, and struggling to make ends meet month after month is a harsh and demoralizing reality for far too many people. While systemic economic factors, wage stagnation, and the rising cost of living undoubtedly play a significant and often overwhelming…

COMMENT: No one voted to be worse off in the 2016 EU referendum, writes Femi Oluwole. That’s why seeking a closer relationship with Europe is not disloyalty – it’s a correction

Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised

Letters: Big Issue founder and crossbench peer John Bird on his amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as such, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation

Campaigners warn statutory maternity pay is pushing new mothers into poverty

President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S. families with children.

With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them.

77% of respondents to a YouGov survey said there had been a deterioration in fine motor skills over the last five years

The majority of primary school teachers believe a lack of affordable childcare has negatively impacted children being ready for school.

Exclusive: John Bird warns government has ‘lost trust of its supporters’ as he tables amendment to schools bill