The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Supermarkets in Lebanon started pricing items in US dollars on Wednesday instead of the nose-diving local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on imports. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been facing a dramatic economic crisis that has seen poverty rates climb to reach…

Parents are worried about the physical and mental impact on children

First national poll since our campaign shows strong rise in public support for extension of free school meals as child food poverty doubles in a year

Support grows for expansion of free school meals to struggling families in face of rising hunger

SCOTLAND’S remote and rural communities are facing annual energy bills of more than double the UK average, with the cost of living crisis having a…

Organisations working for the prevention or relief of poverty were ‘particularly likely’ to report an increase in demand for services, the CAF said.

Chancellor urged to ditch plans to cut support for energy bills when he delivers his budget for 2023

The scheme aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it and unable to afford sanitary items

A Scottish Government benefit has been hailed the “most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in the UK”.

Rumours have circulated online about Tesco's "white envelope" scheme which aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it

As another observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday passed and we once again celebrate Black History Month, I’m still haunted by Jonathan Eig’s recent op-ed, “We have lost sight of MLK’s radical vision.” He argues that we have romanticized King’s message and “lost sight of his radical…