All news on the topic: poverty

Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme

The group of women ended their five-day hunger strike today but have vowed to step up the campaign against deepening food insecurity

As many as one in three women were on Universal Credit in some parts of the country, the latest DWP figures show - a million more than men - wth charity Gingerbread saying many single parents were being frozen out of higher paid jobs

The International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP) has published a new report which shares the warning for pensioners looking to move abroad and slams the Government’s defence of it's “immoral” policy

90 MPs and peers have written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to urge him to extend the Household Support Fund in next week's Budget as it is due to come to an end next month

A 67-year-old pensioner told The Mirror how he was “scared” about the future and had been forced to take a job as a taxi driver after he was surviving on just £6 a month

The millionaire made the callous recommendation despite the fact that cereal prices have risen by 28% over the last four years with millions of Americans living in poverty

On tonight's episode of BBC Question Time, as politicians of all colours bickered and pointed the finger at one another, one student told a heartbreaking story about poverty at her university

Jaywick, in Essex, is often referred to as the "poorest place in the UK" and has been plagued by issues including dog poo, litter and poor drainage - but the community is fighting back

Researcher David Clarke has given away £100,000 in inheritance money by picking twelve strangers at random and letting them how decide how the cash should be spent.

It comes as almost three million emergency food parcels were distributed last year by anti-poverty charity, The Trussell Trust

The use of foodbanks has rocketed and more and more families are becoming homeless, statistics suggest, and campaigners have demanded for change to finally happen

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said a sustained fall in poverty has not been seen in two decades

Martin Lewis led calls for urgent action on dire poverty levels gripping the UK, which have barely changed in two decades, after a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

A new interactive map has shown Brits are, on average, £10,000 worse off today than a decade ago, with several locations showing child poverty and worse incomes

Marcia Williams made herself indispensable as the personal and political ­secretary of Labour’s first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, but it ended in scandal, poverty and disgrace

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares research from University College London into the number of people who identify as trans, which shows more are likely to live in areas of high deprivation – and she calls for urgent changes and better support

A survey of more than 4,000 support staff such as teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors and nursery nurses found 41% fear they can’t pay for their Christmas groceries

A study by the Education Policy Institute think tank today lays bare the gulf between kids from different backgrounds, including how poorer children are more than 18 months behind wealthier pals

Stark figures show a north south divide in life ­expectancy. The widest differences were for cancers where risks can be cut with ­lifestyle changes such as ­quitting smoking and where screening is available

Some 4.2 million children are in households that have no spare cash, with parents feeling cost-of-living pressures over Christmas - as the Chancellor is called upon to take action

Under the Tories, the UK has seen an almost 20% increase in its child income poverty rate, ranking last place in Unicef’s league table of the world's richest countries

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Mum Emma was 'heartbroken' after discovering the 'embarrassing' reality of living off food parcels - especially as her son was worried about how empty the cupboards were

Tackling poverty and hunger in your community can begin with a trip to your local Post Office