The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

John Allan also attacks Rishi Sunak’s national insurance rise as he says UK is facing real food poverty

The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipinos bet on a familiar dynasty to ease rampant poverty -- dismissing warnings the tarnished clan will deepen corruption and weaken democracy. With an initial count almost complete, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior had secured…

Britain is being hit by “real food poverty” for the first time in a generation, the boss of Tesco warned on Tuesday.

Discriminatory chants were heard from the away end as Tottenham drew 1-1 with Liverpool at Anfield.

Twenty internet providers agreed to help offer high-speed internet to millions of unconnected households through the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies included AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), Cox Communications Inc, Charter Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: CHTR), Frontier Communications Parent, Inc (NASDAQ: FYBR) and regional providers like Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee, Comporium Inc. in…

A Spurs supporters’ trust has told fans who chanted ‘sign on’ at Anfield that using joblessness and poverty as ‘banter’ is not acceptable

Supporters' Trust criticises fans who sang "Sign on" chant during Saturday night's draw at Anfield, saying that fanbase should be better than mocking joblessness

Blaze ‘the dangerous reality of cost-of-living crisis,’ poverty campaigners say

Over the last 20 years, I’ve watched open land and farmland in the Inland Empire become a gridlocked sea of warehouses. These giant boxes have worsened traffic, air quality, cancer rates and chronic health problems in the region and have cemented poverty here. The industry once touted as a blue-collar…

Around 40 percent of UK households could be in fuel poverty this winter, says the chief executive of Scottish Power

The stakes are high in Lebanon's election. The heavily armed Hezbollah movement has seen one of its main rivals descend into disarray, handing it an opportunity to cement power over a divided country that's sinking into poverty.