New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship Keir Starmer is facing new …
Former PM says multibillion-pound fund would be ‘transitional arrangement’ to give struggling families breathing space Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I …
Government accused of failing to protect low-income households as 300,000 more children entered poverty in 2022-23 UK politics – latest updates The UK’s poorest families …
Schools risk being overwhelmed by hungry, exhausted children from freezing homes, headteachers and campaigners warn • ‘If a child is hungry, it doesn’t matter if …
TUC says urgent investment needed in ‘Cinderella sectors’ to head off demographic timebomb ‘Invisible, endless, relentless’: the reality of care work in England Chronic under-investment, …
Shadow chancellor says an incoming Labour government could not afford to axe benefit cap because of ‘dire economic inheritance’ In her Today interview Rachel Reeves …
Labour leader’s comments come as he sets out party’s plans to improve education and opportunity UK politics live – latest updates A Labour government would …
Campaigners say many households may miss out on state help after closure of energy price guarantee Ofgem’s energy price cap cut: how the changes affect …
Letter to the Observer signed by experts from around the world says proper government policies are needed A “growing reliance” on food banks across the …
Independence vote trails tackling poverty and improving NHS in candidates’ priorities at BBC leadership debate The leading contenders to replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister …
Jeremy Hunt urged to reconsider raising state-subsidised energy rate from April as market prices make delay affordable Jeremy Hunt must act now to reverse plans …
Analysts say millions still face winter crisis despite Hunt’s decision to increase benefits in line with inflation Autumn statement 2022: key points at a glancePolitics …
Exclusive: Campaigners from Greenpeace beam film on to PM’s North Yorkshire mansion from van parked outside Energy crisis campaigners have projected scenes of people struggling …
Exclusive: Olivier de Schutter says cuts could violate human rights laws, calling instead for higher taxes on rich The United Nations’ poverty envoy has warned …
Figure represents 220,000 children, with union adding many families of nurses and public transport workers also in crisis More than one in four children with …
Russia launched at least three strikes on Kyiv early Monday morning; 19% increase in children living in poverty in Europe and central Asia since 2021 …
Feed the Future: ‘Children with iron deficiency anaemia is just the start’, warns Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health president Camilla Kingdon
Health experts encourage doctors to talk about nutrition and socio-economic circumstances Children’s doctors plan to help poor families cope with the cost of living crisis …
Thinktank urges government to blunt impact of rising energy prices, as deprivation levels hit 20-year high More than 1 million more people will be forced …
Charities and community groups are setting up schemes to ensure discount helps people struggling with soaring bills People who can afford to are being urged …
One year since the Taliban regained power, charities say urgent action needed to address economic crisis One year on from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, …
Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis Boris Johnson and the Tory leadership …
Jeremy Corbyn accused Boris Johnson of leaving a legacy of “poverty, inequality and insecurity” in his speech at the Commons, ahead of the confidence vote.
Professor of social mobility urges Tory party leadership candidates to say how they will tackle disadvantage Children whose families are mired in “deep poverty” are …
Austerity-era policies meant poverty among larger families in poverty rose at significantly faster rate, says thinktank Benefit cuts imposed by the Conservatives since 2010 pushed …
Philippa Stroud who heads new commission aimed at tackling hardship says ministers need a long-term plan to help the poor A Conservative peer and ex-adviser …
Lee Anderson provokes furious response by telling Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary The Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been condemned by opposition MPs …
Exclusive: Policy in which benefits are cut to cover advance payments or claw back overpayments ‘driving impoverishment’ Ministers are pushing people into poverty and debt …
Chancellor Rishi Sunak attacked for failing to do more to help low-income families through cost of living crisis in Spring Statement as household bills climb
Low- and middle-income households ‘painfully exposed’, says Resolution Foundation The lack of financial support for low-income families in Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget will see 1.3 million …
Minister warns an immediate stop to supplies could hurt Germany’s population more than Putin Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Germany has warned that an immediate boycott …
The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a …
Chancellor’s intervention unlikely to offset impact of rising energy bills on low-income households What help is Sunak offering as households face energy bill hikes? Millions …
Research shows UK’s 50 most polluted areas also have highest rates of child poverty The Labour party has demanded stricter limits on air pollution after …
Finance secretary Kate Forbes says Scotland will commit to low carbon and invest in free school meals Scottish ministers have promised record spending on cutting …
But scientists say ‘moral imperative’ remains to prepare vulnerable populations for increasingly extreme weather Poverty and a heavy reliance on annual rains are the key …