The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The COVID-19 pandemic worsened the unemployment crisis in South Africa. In the second quarter of 2021, unemployment rates were the highest ever officially recorded. Many people who lost their only source of stable income fell into poverty as a result.

Soaring costs mean parents in the North East are struggling to provide their children with basic essentials

Four Insulate Britain activists recently stood trial at Inner London crown court on a public nuisance charge for blocking a busy London junction in October 2021. Like Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain is waging a civil disobedience campaign to force the government to implement policies to tackle climate change and…

Advocacy group Global Citizen will convene political, philanthropic, business and cultural leaders for a thought leadership conference in New York to tackle extreme poverty more quickly

An estimated 4,000 eligible households could be £2,500 better off on average per year.

Frontline workers have told a federal inquiry of the "very distressing" lack of support they can offer amid a housing shortage and affordability crisis.

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ensure all primary pupils in England get a proper hot meal, as an estimated 800,000 children living in poverty miss out due to eligibility rules

Sadiq Khan has announced plans to extend free school meals to every primary school child in London for one year. The £130m scheme will support 270,000 pupils not currently in receipt of the programme, of whom an estimated 100,000 live in poverty.

FAMILIES could be £2500 better off as a result of the Scottish Government spending almost £9 million to help those impacted by Westminster’s…