According to recent research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), Scotland is on course to drastically reduce child poverty, defying the trend of rising rates throughout the United Kingdom. By ...

The number of pensioners living in poverty in Britain is at risk of hitting two million, it has been warned. Older people are ...

With over 4.5 million children living in poverty, the UK faces a growing crisis that affects not just basic needs but the mental well-being and future opportunities of its youngest citizens. As of ...

Britain’s leading end of life charity, Marie Curie paints a terrible picture of over 100,000 people in the UK dying in poverty every year. The report, “Dying in Poverty 2024”, centres on data collated ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data. A Sept. 11 post, opens new tab titled “Child ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

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