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Half of boomers and late Gen Xers who took early retirement during the first Covid wave have fallen into poverty

Researchers suggest around 390,000 of the 50 to 70-year-olds who retired in 2020-21 were forced to leave the workforce, as opposed to “retiring in comfort”.

Fortune

Older UK workers who retired early in pandemic were ‘forced into poverty’

Thinktank challenges view that those taking early retirement under Covid were relatively well off

The Guardian - UK

Labour's classroom revolution to smash 'class ceiling' holding state schoolchildren back

In a highly personal speech, Mr Starmer told how seeing his toolmaker dad feel 'looked down upon' and 'disrespected' because of his job had pushed him to end the academic/vocational divide

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Keir Starmer U-turn on two-child benefit cap exposed in unearthed Twitter thread

KEIR Starmer said he wanted to get rid of the two-child benefit cap three years ago.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says he is as ‘laser-focused on poverty’ as Tony Blair was in 1997

Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunity

The Guardian - UK

Caste out: how Kerala’s food parcel scheme tackles poverty and prejudice

In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create an ‘ethos of equality’

The Guardian - UK

Data | Why Centre’s denial of rice through OMSS hits Karnataka the most

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

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L-G intends to import poverty into Kashmir says Mehbooba

Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on July 5 accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of “playing a dangerous game”.

The Hindu

Keir Starmer to say class ceiling must shatter to let children get ahead

Labour leader will argue against snobbery of ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ education, saying young people need both

The Guardian - UK

1.4 million Texans’ student debts won’t be canceled. But a new loan repayment plan could bring savings.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation program, advocates for lowering student loan debt say the federal SAVE plan, an updated loan repayment program, could save Texans and other borrowers a lot of money in interest.

The Texas Tribune

Labour U-turn on DfID would be a mistake

Letters: The world is seeing a rise in poverty and inequality, so a department with expertise in fighting both is needed, says Oxfam’s Katy Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Businesses that address social or environmental problems often struggle to survive: 3 things that can help them

Social enterprises are organisations that promote social or environmental issues as their core business. They are useful to societies in lots of ways. They can help solve social and economic problems such as poverty and joblessness, among others. They can also help support the work of local, provincial and national…

The Conversation

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.

The Conversation

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.

The Conversation

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Glasgow Live

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

The National (Scotland)

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…

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Glasgow Live

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.

The Independent UK

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

Bangkok Post

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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

Liverpool Echo

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

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