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Labour 'set to oversee highest child poverty levels ever,' Keir Starmer warned

Labour will oversee the highest child poverty rates on record if they fail to scrap the two-child benefit cap, a group of leading charities has…

The National (Scotland)

Migrants Mourn Pope Who Fought For Their Rights

Latin American migrants paid tribute on Monday to Pope Francis as a staunch defender of their rights who gave them much-needed encouragement on their long and dangerous journeys fleeing poverty and violence.

International Business Times

Charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

Failing to scrap the limit could put child poverty at its highest level since records began by the end of this parliament, charities have warned

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Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap

Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar

The Guardian - UK

Jailed for fishing: India-Pakistan tensions trap families in debt, poverty

Families on both sides of the border say their loved ones have been jailed for a crime they committed ‘unknowingly’.

Al Jazeera

Rebel Labour MPs double down on opposition to Starmer’s welfare cuts: ‘The whole policy is wrong’

Labour rebels are hardening their stance against the welfare cuts, with ministers planning a compromise to ease opposition

The Independent UK

Scottish Labour councillor blasts own party for pushing families into poverty

A SCOTTISH Labour councillor has attacked his own party’s policies which have pushed disabled people and their families into poverty.

The National (Scotland)

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‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

In Manningham in Bradford 72% of children live below the poverty line. The national average is 22%

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut

Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on poverty: promises won’t get children off the breadline

It’s not good enough for Labour to say that there’s no money to tackle the problem – raising taxes risks losing a few votes but for the greater good

The Guardian - UK

Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts

Backbenchers may be allowed to abstain, a major climbdown from previous votes when rebels were suspended from the party

The Guardian - UK

A third of school staff in England report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students

A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household items

The Guardian - UK

Schools paying for cookers and beds for families living in poverty, leaders say

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.

Evening Standard

Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why

While UK shoppers pay 50 per cent more for some chocolate this Easter, farmers living in poverty at the other end of the supply chain are calling for help

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The Conversation

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations

In 2002, Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $US21 billion.

The Texas Tribune

Voucher vote updates: Texas House approves voucher proposal

The Texas House also approved more money for schools in a bipartisan vote.

Dynamite News

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav slams UP Govt for 'Zero' Poverty Scheme

SP Chief said that BJP Govt slogan of Zero Poverty will also become a 'jumla' like other 'jumlas' of the Safforn Party. Read further on Dynamite News

The Guardian - UK

‘Electoral wake-up call’: dozens of Labour MPs risk losing majorities over welfare cuts

New data shows cabinet ministers among MPs at risk as campaign to pressure government over proposed benefit cuts to step up

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Fortune

Nearly 80 million Americans are legally entitled to income-based help like Medicaid and food assistance. The Trump administration just dismantled the office that establishes eligibility

A small office within Health and Human Services that sets the federal poverty guidelines every year has reportedly been dismantled, with no one left to do the calculations.

The Guardian - US

New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line

The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families

The National (Scotland)

Net worth of major Labour politicians in spotlight amid cuts to most vulnerable

SINCE Keir Starmer took office in July last year, keeping the two-child benefit cap has dragged 30,000 more children into poverty, according to…

Euronews

Hungary's government launches war on drugs, but ignores root causes

Hungary already had one of the strictest drug laws in the EU, but now penalties are being further increased. While many people support the tougher regulations, research suggests that law enforcement alone is not enough to solve the problem.

The Guardian - UK

George Robledo: Newcastle great with a record beyond Salah and Henry

Born in Chile, shaped by poverty and hard graft, the prolific inside-forward holds a scoring record unbroken to this day

International Business Times

Transforming Lives And Revitalizing Communities: Franklinton Rising On Breaking The Cycle Of Poverty

Franklinton Rising is a nonprofit organization that aims to break the cycle of economic and spiritual poverty.

Salon

Telling us to "save more" isn't working

Without a drastic reimagining of our systems, we face a poverty crisis

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