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Four London boroughs are among areas with highest child poverty in the UK

Welsh charities said the data shows the Welsh economy and social safety net aren't working properly

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said the policy ushered in by austerity Tory ex-Chancellor George Osborne is 'absolutely keeping children in poverty'

THE new Moderator of the Church of Scotland has condemned the levels of poverty in the UK as “unacceptable”.

The American author talks about growing up queer in a family of ‘wolves’, poverty and class in the US, and the 19th-century writers who inspired his latest novel

The creator and star of ‘This Country’ tells Annabel Nugent why ‘judging anyone’s body is wrong’, and talks about early poverty, her literary podcast, and the damage done by Rada

Bulgaria is one of the most recent members of the European Union, and also the poorest. EU funds contribute a vital role to the economy: €12 billion for the period of 2021-2027, and €6.6 billion already thanks to the post-Covid recovery fund.

How does the European Union use cohesion funds to reduce poverty and inequality across the bloc? Our first stops are in two of the EU’s poorest countries, Bulgaria and Romania, to look at the role that EU aid plays in the areas of education and public transport. We also visit…

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