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Expanding food banks is no substitute for tackling poverty, charities warn

Letter to the Observer signed by experts from around the world says proper government policies are needed

The Guardian - UK

Dickens would be 'horrified' to see poverty levels in modern-day Britain, says relative

Writer's great-great-great-granddaughter believes it's a relevant time for people to appreciate the story told in Great Expectations ahead of new adaptation

Daily Mirror

'The pension age cannot be same for everybody': EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Talking Europe speaks to the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit. With anger growing in France about the government's push to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64, and the EU facing an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, his portfolio is very much in the spotlight – including…

France 24

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Dis Life: Visits by bailiffs take a toll on mental health - we become more Disabled

As ever, Disabled people are invisible from the headlines, but not from the story - because around a third of us live in poverty

Daily Mirror

Bishop of Manchester urges Government to scrap two-child limit on Universal Credit, saying it 'drives' more children into poverty

The Rt Rev David Walker argued the rule was 'the greatest contributor to driving more children into poverty'

Manchester Evening News

Glasgow projects share in £6 million funding boost to help communities

Successful projects will see asylum seekers living in poverty getting support and a community centre re-opened

Glasgow Live

Warning 'a lot of work' needed to tackle poverty and inequality in Northumberland

The leader of the council had been discussing his administration's recent achievements

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West Lothian charity helping to feed struggling families handed £140,000

The Food Network was established in early 2020 as a way of tackling food poverty across the county

Daily Record

Jeremy Hunt has left the UK to rot in poverty. So we must take matters into our own hands

With hygiene banks now joining food banks and clothes banks, I’m calling on retailers to take drastic action and help their poorest customers, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon bows out leaving a legacy of poverty and postcode lotteries

The First Minister is on her way to the backbenches – and Scotland now deserves a better leader, writes Record View.

Daily Record

Americans are too lonely

We are immersed in various forms of psychological misery. Much of what ails our society arises from our poverty of human connections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Food banks supported 800,000 UK children in 2021-22, data shows

One-fifth of UK population was in relative poverty after first year of pandemic, when support measures scrapped

The Guardian - UK

West Lothian group helping to tackle food poverty get £140,000 funding

Councillors agreed continued funding for the West Lothian Food Network which has seen the number of providers almost double since it was set up in March 2020

Edinburgh Live

OPINION - Here’s our solution to Britain’s mental health crisis

The UK is in the throes of a mental health crisis and the young and those in financial poverty are at greatest risk. One in four 17- to 19-year-olds have a probable mental health disorder and rates of mental health difficulties in children aged seven to 16 have risen by…

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One in four Scottish children in poverty – but UK-wide it's even worse, data shows

ONE in four Scottish children is living in poverty – and two-thirds of those are in a household with someone who is in paid employment, according…

Daily Record

Child poverty in Scotland at same 'disturbing' level as when SNP first took power

The poverty figures were published on the same day as Nicola Sturgeon faces MSPs for the final time as First Minister.

The Independent UK

Number of people in poverty in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

A children’s charity has accused the Government of having ‘snatched away’ help for families after the temporary increase in universal credit.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand child poverty rate remains static despite Ardern-era push

The then leader had made improving the lives of the poorest children a key plank of her agenda

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Child poverty hurting one in 10 New Zealand kids

The Child Poverty Action Group say New Zealand kids face a bleak future without investment in the poorest households.

The Conversation

Getting a fuller picture of poverty in Canada: why the government's official poverty measure is insufficient

Canada’s inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1 per cent last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down.

Leeds Live

Leeds council confirms £16.8M fund for 'green' home upgrades

Leeds City Council has secured £16.8million to fund its new Net Zero Homes Plan

Glasgow Live

Glasgow-born babies lives are 12 years shorter than those in wealthy parts of London

Campaign group, Health Equals, believe that poor living conditions, substandard education and poverty have the cut the lives of millions of people short and more needs to be done.

The Guardian - UK

Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond review – how the rich keep the poor down

A Pulitzer-winning sociologist argues that the United States’s gross inequality is no accident

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Poverty, By America,' by Matthew Desmond

NONFICTION: The Pulitzer Prize winner has a bold way of looking at — and solving — poverty.

The Canberra Times

Poverty leaves Canberrans 'on the edge': Alicia Payne

Labor MP Alicia Payne and Liberal MP Bridget Archer will co-chair a parliamentary friendship group focused on ending poverty.

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