The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

During a fiery session at Prime Minister’s Questions on 7 May, Lib Dem MP Roz Savage put Keir Starmer on the spot over the growing gap between rich and poor

The cost of sending children to school in the UK has ‘significantly increased’ since 2022, a report has found

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney insisted his programme for government is a ‘programme for a better Scotland’.

“Kids are resilient.” You have heard this before, right? You might have even said it, with the best of intentions.

The First Minister said he could not ‘fathom’ how Labour lived with itself after making billions in cuts to the benefits budget.

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these people were living in sub-Saharan Africa.

South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country’s per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0.65. This puts it among countries with the most unequal distribution of spending globally.

The Census is now four years overdue, and the budget for the exercise has been slashed indicating further delays. This is even as millions of Indians are left without access to subsidised foodgrain, pushing them to the brink of food insecurity. Evidence shows that entitlements under the Public Distribution System…

Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform