The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The rapper grew up in poverty in Detroit before becoming one of the most successful artists of our generation.

Multiple policy decisions by both Liberal and Labor governments blamed for situation where one in eight Australian children live in poverty

Activists and unions don’t want Tory austerity, or the opposition’s bland alternative, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

'We need to think a lot more of the people who are most vulnerable in our society'

There is help available for fuel-poor households – find out whether you qualify

It comes as a recent study found that one in every nine people in Ireland lives in poverty

Over 40 per cent of children in the capital living in poverty are unable to receive free school meals

Feed the Future: At least a third of children in poverty across London, the East of England and the South East of England can’t access free school meals

Devolved ministers are also calling for the benefit cap and two-child limit to be abolished.

Liz Truss has been hit by multiple warnings of what'll happen if she slashes public spending - as her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned every department could face cuts to balance the books

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic fallout have thrown four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, the UN children's agency said Monday. "Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine," UNICEF said. The conflict "and rising…