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Gaza ‘reduced to dust’ as world commits in Doha to eradicate poverty

Gaza’s devastation starkly contrasts global promises to leave ‘no one behind’, as residents struggle for basic survival.

Gordon Brown calls for ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit cap to tackle ‘scar’ of poverty in Britain

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for the “total abolition” of the two-child benefit cap, putting pressure on ...

Gordon Brown to issue warning on ‘shameful epidemic’ of child poverty in Britain

Labour leader will also call for Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child ...
LBC

Child poverty is driving UK apart, Gordon Brown warns ahead of Budget

Child poverty in the UK has labelled as a "shameful epidemic" by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The ex-Labour leader is ...
Morning Star

Brown brands child poverty the biggest cause of social division and threat to Britain’s long-term economic future

FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown piled pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves today to tackle the “shameful epidemic” of ...

Child poverty biggest threat to UK’s long-term economic future – Gordon Brown

Mr Brown is expected to call for a ‘new coalition of compassion for children that will create a chain of hope for children ...

We live in UK’s debt capital where loan sharks prey on desperate mums who rack up £30k tabs… it spirals out of control

ALONG a strip of shuttered shops, a crumbling upholstery store missing half its sign tells a sad story of the problems ...
Institute for Fiscal Studies

Why has in-work poverty risen in Britain?

In Britain, the headline relative in-work poverty rate steadily rose from 13.4% in 1994–95 to 18.4% in 2019–20. We study the ...

Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

A report by the Resolution Foundation will fuel demands from Labour MPs for the chancellor to find another £3.5bn to tackle ...
The Big Issue

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain's canals: 'I don't merely exist anymore'

One in 400 UK veterans experience homelessness. This small charity is using houseboats to lift them beyond the incoming tide.

Thousands march through Scots city demanding action as kids suffer in poverty

PROGRESS on child poverty in Scotland is “nowhere near enough”, a charity has said, as thousands marched through Edinburgh to demand action. The Scotland Demands Better demonstration ...

Where Midlands towns and cities rank on new list of 'poorest' places in England

Unsurprisingly, Birmingham tops the list for poverty in the Midlands - in fact it is classed as the second poorest place in the whole of England, where life is a daily struggle for hundreds of ...