The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Trump’s running mate was raised in poverty but he is typical of a new wave of elite politicians

Ex-PM is opening the capital’s first facility based on Fife model, supplying basic necessities against backdrop of concerns for child wellbeing over the summer holidays

Minister pledges more sports and drama in curriculum review as row deepens over two-child benefit cap

A high cost of living and lack of access to health care are some of the driving factors for increased poverty rates among Latino community, the study says

STEPHEN Flynn has written to Keir Starmer to call for a four-nation summit on tackling child poverty this summer.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament speech successfully captured the spirit of a diverse and cohesive multi-party government ready to get down to work. But it failed to tell South Africans how the new dispensation will do things differently, and better.

On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even further, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

A LABOUR minister has blamed economic circumstances for the UK Government's refusal to abolish the two-child benefit cap. 

The first king’s speech of the new Labour government set out a wide-ranging legislative programme. There was lots to welcome, such as a new deal for workers and a child wellbeing bill. But there were also some very notable absences.

THE SNP have gained cross-party support in their bid to heap pressure on Labour by forcing a vote on the two-child benefit cap.

As Labour backbenchers call for Keir Starmer to scrap the cap, families reveal their struggles as a result of the two-child limit