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Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

WEKU

Study shines light on depth of poverty in Australia

Poverty in Australia is highly gendered and affects single parents, migrants and people living with a disability at above average rates, a new study has found.

AAP

Majority of Australians on jobseeker and parenting payments live in poverty, study finds

Report on 3 million people living below the breadline shows welfare payments are ‘totally inadequate’ and action is needed in May budget, Acoss says

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Oxfam’s job is to end poverty – we refuse to be distracted by the toxic culture wars

Charities should be open to fair criticism, but the reaction to our inclusive language guide was offensive and divisive, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB

The Guardian - UK

Skyrocketing rents, job-style interviews and ‘dangerous’ housing: inside the capital’s renting hell

The cost of London rentals has risen by 16 per cent in a year, triggering a nightmarish reality of no-fault evictions, unprecedented competition and tenants being pushed into poverty. Emma Magnus meets those on the frontline

Evening Standard

Cross-party anti-poverty push targets ‘inadequate’ jobseeker payments

Liberal and Labor MPs Bridget Archer and Alicia Payne unite in call for welfare boost

The Guardian - AU

Lidl expands Good to Give initiative to include tampons and nappies to tackle hygiene poverty

The supermarket has added hygiene products to its Good to Give range after research showed food bank users increasing also need donated toiletries

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Boebert blows up the GOP's talking point

Here are some inconvenient facts that upset the dominant narrative about the color line and poverty in America

Salon

Economic growth is not a magic wand for ending poverty

Misguided policies are hurting the poorest in society; our focus should be on reducing inequality not increasing GDP

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Desmond: ‘The poverty rate in America and the UK should be zero – and I think we can get there’

For the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted, a heartbreaking study of the American housing crisis, bearing witness was not enough

The Guardian - UK

Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world's poor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian officials say an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended

The Independent UK

New childcare plans could 'lock out' North East families, campaigners fear

The North East Child Poverty Commission believes free childcare should be available to all babies and children

Chronicle Live

How much money did Comic Relief raise in 2022 and Sport Relief in 2020?

Red Nose Day supports people facing homelessness, mental health problems and food poverty

Manchester Evening News

Persistent absence from school is a growing threat to children’s education

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures.

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Manchester Evening News

Who created Red Nose Day and when did Comic Relief start?

BBC will air the annual telethon live from Salford’s MediaCity

WEKU

'Poverty, By America' shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor

Pulitzer winner for Evicted Matthew Desmond examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations. He finds it spends big on social programs, but gives the most to those who need it least.

The New Daily

One in six Aussie kids live below poverty line

One in six Australian children are living below the poverty line, a new report by UNICEF Australia has found.

Al Jazeera

Can asylum seekers in Europe survive the cost-of-living crisis?

People fleeing violence are being driven into extreme poverty by escalating prices — but there is hope.

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Irish Mirror

Energy crisis: Number of Irish families unable to heat homes doubles in a year

Friends of the Earth commissioned an expert report which found Government is failing to tackle the energy crisis and reduce fossil fuel reliance

Irish Mirror

10,000 homes in Ireland to get help with energy bills as €2.5m fund is launched

Fuel poverty, or energy poverty, is defined as households spending more than 10 per cent of their net income on energy, excluding motor fuel. It impacts thousands of Irish households.

The Guardian - UK

Frontrunners in SNP leadership race vow to eradicate poverty

Independence vote trails tackling poverty and improving NHS in candidates’ policy priorities at BBC leadership debate

Chronicle Live

New book says people living in rural Northumberland failed by Government

Rural Poverty Today, which involves professor Mark Shucksmith from Newcastle University, examined the challenges faced by those in poverty in the North Tyne Valley

The Conversation

Fuel poverty makes you sick – so why has nothing changed since I was a child living in a cold home?

During the 1970s and 1980s I grew up in a cold home. On very cold mornings, ice would be crusted on my bedroom window and my every breath would condense in the air.

The Conversation

Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access

In Britain, people imagine poverty as mainly an urban phenomenon. We think of poverty as rundown housing estates or tower blocks, far from the idyllic countryside scenes of shows like Escape to the Country.

The Independent UK

Invest in families to tackle child poverty, urges new education coalition

School governors, head teachers, PTAs and others working in schools have written to the Government ahead of the Budget.

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