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Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access

In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country.

The Conversation

Invest in families to tackle child poverty, urges new education coalition

School governors, head teachers, PTAs and others working in schools have written to the Government ahead of the Budget.

The Independent UK

Extreme poverty could be eradicated globally by 2050 – report

Higher growth should mean stable employment and wages, with low- and middle-income countries seeing biggest improvements

The Guardian - UK

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Evelyn de Morgan, The Gold Drawings at Leighton House review: a bijou show but burnished to brilliance

It’s just one room of works on paper but this exhibition is rich and intriguing

Evening Standard

Scots lose out on £11.5million a month in Universal Credit payments due to 'poverty tax'

EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government deducted £11.5million from 194,300 Scottish households on Universal Credit in November 2022.

Daily Record

Mancunians are dying too soon... this is the bold - and risky - plan for change

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester's building boom belies the reality of many people living in poverty in the city neighbourhoods. There is a chasm in life expectancy depending on where you live in Manchester and leaders want to change that, Helena Vesty reports

Manchester Evening News

Jeremy Hunt urged to wipe UK’s energy bill debts – set to rise to £3bn

Exclusive: Britain’s gas and electricty debts set to soar by hundreds of millions in April

The Independent UK

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Cross-party MPs call on Jeremy Hunt to extend free school meals lifeline to families

A cross-party group of MPs has written to the Chancellor calling on the Government to provide the benefit for all primary school pupils in England, which the Mirror and National Education Union are fighting for, in line with promises in Wales and Scotland.

Daily Mirror

Perrottet’s future fund for children risks increasing poverty divide, social advocates say

Benefit will depend on how much parents can afford to contribute, with wealthier families getting ‘an extra leg up’, critics say

The Guardian - AU

Groups in plea to SNP to keep child poverty a top Holyrood priority

MORE than 70 charities, unions, faith groups, health professionals and social policy experts have joined forces to urge the next SNP leader to keep…

The National (Scotland)

'People are coming to me for help with everything - I've not seen poverty like this before'

“I never stop, there’s no rest for me"

Manchester Evening News

Would-be first ministers urged to do more to tackle child poverty in Scotland

A coalition of unions, faith groups, charities and others has written to the three candidates demanding action.

The Independent UK

SNP candidates set out key plans on energy, poverty and local government

Either Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes or Ash Regan will be Scotland’s first minister by the end of the month.

The Independent UK

Wages Are Rising for Low-Skill Workers, Driving Down Poverty and Inequality

Plus: "Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given" right, administrative state abuses, and more...

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Al Jazeera

Lebanon government failing to uphold ‘right to electricity’: HRW

Human Rights Watch says Lebanon’s electricity crisis has exacerbated poverty and inequality.

The National (Scotland)

New SNP leadership hustings event announced

A NEW SNP leadership hustings has been announced – with a specific focus on poverty and inequality.

The Independent UK

Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

Birmingham Post

North East business life: charity, community and award events in the region

This week's round-up includes Prima Cheese, Moody Logistics, Miller UK, Bradley Hall, WBD and Space Group

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Nottingham Post

DWP confirms state pension age review will determine if current retirement rules ‘remain appropriate’

“We certainly take into account issues such as pensioner poverty"

The Independent UK

School meals ‘should be free for all just like desks and chairs’

Organisations supporting the call include the Food Foundation, School Food Matters, Child Poverty Action Group and The Children’s Society.

ABC News

Interest rate rises causing 'hidden poverty' in South Australia, even among those usually considered affluent

Ten interest rate rises in a row are biting hard into household budgets in South Australia, stretching many people's ability to pay their mortgage or rent and even basic necessities such as food.

Nottingham Post

DWP urged to introduce new £25 weekly uplift for Universal Credit and legacy benefit claimants

“Poverty breeds worse health outcomes", the MP said

The Guardian - US

Brazilian TikToker goes viral showing the ‘cheerfulness of the favela’

Raphael Vicente, who has 3 million followers, wants to show that there is much more to favelas than crime and poverty

Daily Mirror

Ranting Tory chief Lee Anderson gets own TV show to air his vile attacks on the poor

In the last week alone, the Deputy Conservative Chairman was accused of 'demonising' those in poverty and for 'parroting far-right misinformation'. But now he will have his own slot on GB News.

Newsroom.co.nz

How to make NZ's tax system fairer

Doing something serious about intergenerational inequalities and poverty requires a far greater focus on wealth as a source of government revenue, writes Louise Delany

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