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Inequality You Can Taste: Low Wages and Unstable Employment Make Fast Food Workers Susceptible to Homelessness

Fast food industry contributes to homelessness in California, says new report.

Capital & Main

‘BJP doesn’t give freebies, we empower people’: JP Nadda explains the difference

The BJP released its manifesto at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bengaluru on Monday with a careful focus on welfarism and key Hindutva agendas. Among its top promises, the BJP has announced schemes with a focus on Below Poverty Line families such as three free cooking gas cylinders annually during Ugadi,…

Newslaundry

SNP in call to Westminster to match Scottish Child Payment UK-wide

THE SNP have called on the UK Government to “match the ambition of the Scottish Child Payment UK-wide” by raising the child element of…

The National (Scotland)

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Natural Light by Julian Bell review – the forgotten German artist who inspired Rembrandt and Rubens

This engrossing history explains why the extraordinary – and tiny – paintings of Adam Elsheimer, who died in poverty in 1610 aged only 32, were revolutionary

The Guardian - UK

Scotland's pensioners deserve to be listened to

Record View says pensioner poverty also remains a problem and heartless scammers regularly try to rob people of their life savings.

Daily Record

What is the definition of poverty in the US?

A brief guide to how the government defines poverty in America.

USAFacts

SNP calls on Westminster to match Scottish Child Payment UK-wide

The payment rose to £25 per week per child in November.

The Independent UK

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Fears cost-of-living crisis worsening child poverty as families make 'impossible decisions'

Nearly three-quarters of Australians expect child poverty to worsen this year and say cost-of-living pressures are having a greater impact than the pandemic, according to a long-running survey released exclusively to ABC News.

ABC News

PM dodges questions over elderly living in poverty

Though no political leader will commit to means-testing superannuation as it would amount to political-suicide, there’s an argument to be made for doing so for the winter energy payment

Newsroom.co.nz

1 in 4 households struggle to pay power bills. Here are 5 ways to tackle hidden energy poverty

One in four Australian households are finding it hard to pay their gas and electricity bills. As winter looms, energy price rises will make it even harder. Cold homes and disconnections resulting from energy poverty threaten people’s health and wellbeing.

The Conversation

A new start after 60: we planned a quiet retirement – but ended up fighting food poverty

Diane and David Rowsell were looking forward to spending more time with the grandchildren. Then they discovered how many of their neighbours in York were going hungry

The Guardian - UK

Consensus on need to support farmers

There is broad political agreement on the importance of sustainable farming, food safety and security, and the need to tackle poverty among farmers, an 11-party forum on agriculture and food security agreed recently.

Bangkok Post

Heavy shelling reported in Kharkiv region after overnight attacks in Kherson – as it happened

Two injured by rocket attacks in Kherson after heavy shelling and homes hit by anti-aircraft missiles in Kharkiv

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on poverty in Scotland: a contradictory history

Editorial: The number of Scottish people in deep poverty has grown despite thoughtful welfare reforms. More will be needed

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Pawn shops and bread queues: poverty grips Ukraine as war drags on

People turn to handouts and pawning goods as Kyiv’s bustling bars belie reality of life in wartime for many

The Independent UK

Global Citizen NOW summit yields commitments, big and small

This year’s Global Citizen NOW conference was packed with calls to action and urgent requests for involvement because climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a global debt crisis have erased decades of progress, pushing hundreds of millions of people back into extreme poverty

Daily Record

Food parcel distribution across Dumfries and Galloway reaches record levels

More than 5,000 parcels were given out through The Trussell Trust's network last year - nearly 1,500 were for children

ABC News

NCOSS-commissioned research reveals 80 per cent spike in financial stress for NSW mortgage holders

Research commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services finds NSW mortgage holders, mostly in regional parts of the state, are experiencing extreme financial stress.

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Liverpool Echo

Liverpool food poverty crisis at 'worst point' with food banks running out

Foodbanks can no longer keep up with soaring demand from struggling people across the city

USAFacts

Are children better off than in 2010?

USAFacts’ 10-K report tells a story about the quality of life for kids in the last 10 years.

The Guardian - UK

‘People can’t just get used to it’: Wolverhampton reacts to Bank of England comments

Local authority with highest fuel poverty rate in England is angry at economist’s comment Britons ‘need to accept’ being worse off

The Guardian - AU

‘Latte line’: poverty rises in parts of Sydney as gap hardens between city’s east and west

Exclusive: One in five renters are among 1 million living in poverty, according to New South Wales Council of Social Services

The Conversation

Africa's oceans are being protected to serve the interests of big foreign corporates

Africa’s valuable ocean resources have drawn the interest of foreign nations, particularly those in the West and Asia.

Daily Mirror

Vulnerable patients left to beg at church door for money to get home from hospital

An investigation into hospital transport found some patients had been left with no means to get home after being discharged from Blackpool Victoria Hospital - and were forced to beg for money

Daily Record

Paisley hospital handing out food and fuel to get patients home

"Fuel poverty is such a significant issue that when there is no power on at home we cannot allow them home, even if they are ready for discharge."

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