The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

We have more than enough to go round, but large proportions of the population lack the basic necessities of life, says Michael Marmot of UCL

Big government has been ruinous for millions of people. Charities aren't perfect, but they are much more efficient and effective.

Lining up, they receive some rice, dried beans and other basic foodstuffs, whose soaring prices have left millions in Nigeria facing a bleak Christmas.

Nepali youths risking their lives to fight in Russian forces due to lack of jobs at home, as remittance sent by foreign employment has lifted people out of poverty.

It’s astonishing what we take for granted. Back in early 2010, the most the Evening Standard had ever raised in a campaign was £250,000. That was considered a pretty good result back then for the paper’s traditional annual Christmas drive, which typically solicited funds for a chosen charity. Today, a…

The schoolgirl was able to finish her studies and leave school with English and maths qualifications once she reguarly got a good night’s sleep

THE cost of funding the council tax freeze could instead have been used to increase the Scottish child payment to more than £30 a week, a think…

Mysuru district seeks special package for H.D. Kote with highest poverty rate for complete development.

A bipartisan coalition is growing on Capitol Hill to bring back the expanded child tax credit. America’s children desperately need it