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Barbara Bolton died after contracting hypothermia - after she was found by relatives in her 'freezing cold' house

The policy that has topped up pensions should be applied to working-age benefits

In the richest country on earth, if you work 40 hours a week you shouldn’t have to live in poverty

You might have heard the phrase “social determinants of health”. It’s the idea that social factors – such as poverty, access to education, where you live and whether you face discrimination – have a huge influence on your health and life expectancy.

Dr Krish Kandiah of the Sanctuary Foundation last week visited the country on a “fact-finding mission”, and said: "All these factors have been decades in the making. They need serious time and investment into undoing. But there are solutions."

‘I felt guilty for gambling (but) ... I wanna be financially comfortable,’ one Muslim man told researchers

Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has…

Described by campaigners as "heartbreaking", the figures also show that 5,371 hypothermia cases - the equivalent of around 15 per day - were recorded over the whole of last year

Funding is provided by the Scottish Government, with a focus on solid wall insulation

It was a gift of a day. Wrapped in sunshine and high 70s, its contents waiting to be discovered and delighted in. Birdsong and tree buds and the occasional daffodil signaled something new on the horizon.

As finance leaders from around the world meet at the World Bank in Washington this week, food service workers at the poverty-fighting organization are highlighting what they see as a galling situation: The workers who put food on the table for an organization whose mission is to fight poverty are…