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Make poverty discrimination illegal like racism or sexism, official to tell UN

Exclusive: ‘Povertyism’ restricts access to education, housing, employment and social benefits and must be outlawed, says special rapporteur

The Guardian - UK

India's crisis a self-inflicted catastrophe

Nearly 80% of the estimated 70 million people around the world who fell into extreme poverty at the onset of Covid-19 in 2020 were from India, a recent World Bank report has revealed. But even this shocking figure could be an underestimation, as the lack of official data makes it…

Bangkok Post

More cash needed to help East Renfrewshire residents with cost of living crisis

East Renfrewshire's council leader Owen O'Donnell said research into the impact of the crisis on the area was 'scary' as almost 1,000 children could be pushed into poverty.

Glasgow Live

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PM Rishi Sunak could be good news for people on Universal Credit and other DWP benefits

As chancellor, Rishi Sunak pledged to uprate benefits in line with inflation - something Liz Truss would not commit to

Manchester Evening News

Abrams offers lots of plans, but she’ll face uphill fight putting them into action

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A wholesale overhaul of how to confront systemic poverty in Georgia. A multipronged plan to combat the scourge of climate change. A set of policy changes to address the state’s growing affordable housing crisis.

Tribune News Service

The very last thing the UK needs is more ‘grownup’ politics. That’s what got us into this mess

Poverty is stalking the streets of Britain – and that’s the big issue the people in charge continue to duck, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Studying and working as a sole parent of a young child is hard but it is our ticket out of poverty

I hope to secure full-time employment after finishing my degree, but I worry about the physical and mental health effects of our current situation

The Guardian - AU

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Headteachers in tears at stark choice: keep staff or feed hungry pupils

School leaders’ mood turns to despair at funding crisis amid growing poverty

The Guardian - UK

If this chaos does not make us rethink our idea of the good society, whatever will?

Eighty years after the Beveridge report, time to ask again what are the essentials that allow us to thrive

The Guardian - UK

Belfast Council agrees fuel poverty fund for 5,000 families in city

Vouchers will be offered to those most in need

Belfast Live

Fears 'Glasgow Effect' mortality rate could worsen in impact of last few years

Dr David Walsh has dedicated his research to the cities mortality rate, even solving the mysterious 'Glasgow Effect' which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the city.

Glasgow Live

Stay or Go: Palestinians in Lebanon Plunged into Poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops both times and brought back to shore. He’d do it all over again, he said, since life has become unlivable for most Palestinians in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Multiple issues slow poverty reduction

Thailand has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty from 58% in 1990 to 6.8% in 2020, driven by high growth rates and structural transformation.

Bangkok Post

Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops and brought back to shore

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Are you financially vulnerable? This calculator will reveal your level of risk

Income-based measures of poverty can be too simplistic, so a more-sophisticated measure of financial stress is needed.

Reuters

Around 250 Honduran migrants head toward United States fleeing poverty

Around 250 Honduran migrants were joined by a group of Venezuelans fleeing poverty and seeking to reach the United States, a migration official said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade

Experts say summer’s results mean new child poverty strategy needed to tackle worsening gulf in attainment

The Independent UK

Romanians protest cost of living in latest European action

Several thousand protesters in Romania have joined an “anti-poverty march” in the capital of Bucharest to express dismay over the rising cost of living

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‘Poverty stricken’ ex-soldier forced to live in council flat with bullet hole and faeces-smeared door

Paul Sheard has slammed his council for housing him in a flat ‘not fit to live in’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government to give $900m budget boost to Pacific countries

Funding will help tackle poverty and shore up security in the region and make Australia ‘more influential in the world’, Penny Wong says

Tribune News Service

Commentary: How ‘welfare reform’ steals from the poor

In reverse Robin Hood stories across the nation, the rich are stealing from the poor. In the process, they’re revealing a social safety net that’s been cut to shreds by “welfare reform.”

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabilities are overlooked when school attendance rates are scrutinised'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says while poverty is a factor in looking at the plummeting school attendance rates - taking into account disability is imperative to ensuring future generations are able to succeed academically

Leeds Live

Leeds ex-soldier forced to live in council flat with poo-smeared door and bullet hole

'Poverty stricken' Paul Sheard said his council flat is 'not fit to live in'

The Conversation

Pixels are not people: mental health apps are increasingly popular but human connection is still key

Technological solutions to fill the gap in mental health care are alluring. They can appear to be a cheap, scalable way to solve the knotty problem of mental distress, without requiring investment in people, communities and broader causes of mental ill-health such as racism, poverty or the way we design…

ABC News

Why are millions of Australians still living in poverty? Experts say it's solvable

Experts say Australia needs to develop an official "poverty line", with at least 3.3 million people currently stuck in severe hardship.

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