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Tony Robinson says UK care system is in chaos after looking after parents with dementia

More than 700,000 people in the UK are unpaid carers for those with dementia and tackle intractable problems all year round, but many soon face poverty and little or no respite

Daily Mirror

Real Britain: 'Our care system in chaos as those who depend on it face the consequences'

More than 700,000 people in the UK are unpaid carers for those with dementia and tackle intractable problems all year round, but many soon face poverty and little or no respite

Daily Mirror

South Lanarkshire Council pays tribute to Funeral Poverty Awareness Week

The council and partners is raising awareness around the issue.

Daily Record

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UK Government's 'feeble' price guarantee will plunge Scots into poverty, SNP say

THE UK Government’s energy price cap must go much further if it is to prevent Scots being plunged into poverty, the SNP have said.

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine war: how the economy has kept running at a time of bitter conflict

November 24 marks nine months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Despite the expectation of the Kremlin – and many international analysts – Ukraine did not fall within days. It repelled Russia’s advance on the capital Kyiv, turned the tide on the battlefields and has now retaken half of…

The Conversation

At Casa Juan Diego, Refugees Find An Outpost of Compassion

Since 1980, migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and natural disaster have come here for refuge from an intolerant world.

Texas Observer

The Govt’s Workforce Incentives Bill Is An Insult To Every Welfare Recipient Under 66 Years Old

The Government's Workforce Incentives Bill allows age pensioners to work and earn more. But it's left other welfare recipients in poverty.

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Disadvantaged pupils fall further behind peers in reading and maths, study shows

The findings have prompted those behind the research to call for pupil premium funding – which is targeted at poorer pupils – to be protected.

The Independent UK

Fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in bid to tackle food poverty

Prescribing fruit and veg to people struggling with food affordability could prevent premature death and significantly reduce healthcare costs, experts said

Daily Mirror

South Africa’s small-scale fishers have been marginalised since apartheid -- what needs to change

South Africa is home to tens of thousands of small-scale fishers and fishing households. Some fish purely for consumption and subsistence, while others make up a small commercial sector.

The Conversation

Sainsbury's donates £3million to help people get access to food

13.7 million people in the UK struggle to afford to eat

Wales Online

Campaigners call for government to invest in childcare and overhaul system to help economy

The North East Child Poverty Commissions says childcare is the single biggest barrier to employment and increasing working hours

Chronicle Live

Fresh fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in UK trial

Project aims to tackle poverty-related health inequalities caused by cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Why it's time to end child sponsorship

Language about the benefits of child sponsorship is common in the charity sector. The narrative we are given is that sponsoring a child in the Global South is a way to make a positive difference in their lives.

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Red Cross: Afghans Will Struggle for Their Lives This Winter

More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview, as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule. The group’s seizure of power in August 2021 sent…

Daily Record

Half of Scots households on Universal Credit face 'poverty tax' deductions in payments

EXCLUSIVE: SNP MP Chris Stephens wants households to be offered grants instead of upfront loans from the DWP while they wait for their Universal Credit payment.

The Independent UK

A one-man quest to save the world’s corals

Abdullah has spent his entire adult life restoring coral reefs in Malaysia, writes Rebecca Tan. Until recently he’s been working in obscurity – and, at times, poverty

Daily Mirror

Paralympian Sarah Storey backs Mirror's calls to end 'heartbreaking' period poverty

The campaign calls for sanitary products to be free in England and Wales and Dame Sarah joins the likes of Mel B, Giovanna Fletcher and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter

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Elderly couple forced to put more clothes on as they can't afford to turn on heating

The Sunday Mirror is raising funds for the Warm Welcome campaign through our Warm Hearts Christmas appeal as it supports more than 3,000 warm spaces including libraries and community centres

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco launches guaranteed income program for transgender residents

The city of San Francisco this week launched a guaranteed income program aimed at the transgender community.

Daily Record

Concerns raised over hardworking Perth and Kinross residents living in poverty due to low pay

Recent figures show 16.5 per cent of Perth and Kinross employees earn less than the Living Wage

Wales Online

Massively divided borough sees rough sleepers sheltering near doors of luxury £600k apartments

A councillor has vowed to remove the divide between the area that may have stereotypes of wealth or poverty

Glasgow Live

Glasgow pupils mental health being hit by exams, poverty and social media

The expert said pupils can be "under an incredible amount of stress."

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabled people need financial protections to help raise our living standards'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says four of the fourteen million disabled people in this country lived in poverty before the cost of living crisis - and that figure is not going down

The Times of India

World Children's Day: Golapi and Krishan's 'dream football date' with Tendulkar

NEW DELHI: One has experienced extreme poverty while the other needs help from his parents to express himself.

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