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West Lothian charity helping to feed struggling families handed £140,000

The Food Network was established in early 2020 as a way of tackling food poverty across the county

Daily Record

Jeremy Hunt has left the UK to rot in poverty. So we must take matters into our own hands

With hygiene banks now joining food banks and clothes banks, I’m calling on retailers to take drastic action and help their poorest customers, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon bows out leaving a legacy of poverty and postcode lotteries

The First Minister is on her way to the backbenches – and Scotland now deserves a better leader, writes Record View.

Daily Record

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Americans are too lonely

We are immersed in various forms of psychological misery. Much of what ails our society arises from our poverty of human connections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Food banks supported 800,000 UK children in 2021-22, data shows

One-fifth of UK population was in relative poverty after first year of pandemic, when support measures scrapped

The Guardian - UK

West Lothian group helping to tackle food poverty get £140,000 funding

Councillors agreed continued funding for the West Lothian Food Network which has seen the number of providers almost double since it was set up in March 2020

Edinburgh Live

OPINION - Here’s our solution to Britain’s mental health crisis

The UK is in the throes of a mental health crisis and the young and those in financial poverty are at greatest risk. One in four 17- to 19-year-olds have a probable mental health disorder and rates of mental health difficulties in children aged seven to 16 have risen by…

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One in four Scottish children in poverty – but UK-wide it's even worse, data shows

ONE in four Scottish children is living in poverty – and two-thirds of those are in a household with someone who is in paid employment, according…

The National (Scotland)

Child poverty in Scotland at same 'disturbing' level as when SNP first took power

The poverty figures were published on the same day as Nicola Sturgeon faces MSPs for the final time as First Minister.

Daily Record

Number of people in poverty in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

A children’s charity has accused the Government of having ‘snatched away’ help for families after the temporary increase in universal credit.

The Independent UK

New Zealand child poverty rate remains static despite Ardern-era push

The then leader had made improving the lives of the poorest children a key plank of her agenda

The Guardian - AU

Child poverty hurting one in 10 New Zealand kids

The Child Poverty Action Group say New Zealand kids face a bleak future without investment in the poorest households.

AAP

Getting a fuller picture of poverty in Canada: why the government's official poverty measure is insufficient

Canada’s inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1 per cent last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down.

The Conversation

Leeds council confirms £16.8M fund for 'green' home upgrades

Leeds City Council has secured £16.8million to fund its new Net Zero Homes Plan

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow-born babies lives are 12 years shorter than those in wealthy parts of London

Campaign group, Health Equals, believe that poor living conditions, substandard education and poverty have the cut the lives of millions of people short and more needs to be done.

The Guardian - UK

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond review – how the rich keep the poor down

A Pulitzer-winning sociologist argues that the United States’s gross inequality is no accident

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Poverty, By America,' by Matthew Desmond

NONFICTION: The Pulitzer Prize winner has a bold way of looking at — and solving — poverty.

The Canberra Times

Poverty leaves Canberrans 'on the edge': Alicia Payne

Labor MP Alicia Payne and Liberal MP Bridget Archer will co-chair a parliamentary friendship group focused on ending poverty.

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Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

AAP

Study shines light on depth of poverty in Australia

Poverty in Australia is highly gendered and affects single parents, migrants and people living with a disability at above average rates, a new study has found.

The Guardian - AU

Majority of Australians on jobseeker and parenting payments live in poverty, study finds

Report on 3 million people living below the breadline shows welfare payments are ‘totally inadequate’ and action is needed in May budget, Acoss says

The Guardian - UK

Oxfam’s job is to end poverty – we refuse to be distracted by the toxic culture wars

Charities should be open to fair criticism, but the reaction to our inclusive language guide was offensive and divisive, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB

Evening Standard

Skyrocketing rents, job-style interviews and ‘dangerous’ housing: inside the capital’s renting hell

The cost of London rentals has risen by 16 per cent in a year, triggering a nightmarish reality of no-fault evictions, unprecedented competition and tenants being pushed into poverty. Emma Magnus meets those on the frontline

The Guardian - AU

Cross-party anti-poverty push targets ‘inadequate’ jobseeker payments

Liberal and Labor MPs Bridget Archer and Alicia Payne unite in call for welfare boost

Evening Standard

Lidl expands Good to Give initiative to include tampons and nappies to tackle hygiene poverty

The supermarket has added hygiene products to its Good to Give range after research showed food bank users increasing also need donated toiletries

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