All news on the topic: poverty

The majority of the loan is earmarked to shield millions who have been plunged into poverty since President Bola Tinubu took office a year ago and implemented drastic measures to revive the nation's struggling economy

Notting Dale and Holland wards in Kensington and Chelsea, London, are just five minutes from each other - but there is a difference in average life expectancy of nearly 20 years

Hearbreaking statistics reveal millions of children across the country are facing cold homes and empty bellies - with some areas faring much worse than others

David Lloyd III, 23, his wife Natalie Lloyd, 21, and 20-year-old Haitian Jude Montis were killed by violent gangs in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday night

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown challenged the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to announce a multi-billion pound programme this year in an emergency drive to tackle child poverty

But the average UK salary falls almost £2,000 short of this, at £29,669 - leaving a quarter of those who live alone, struggling to make ends meet

Muslim families struggling to stay afloat have said they struggled to celebrate Ramadan this year and were reliant on the good-will of charities to survive

Following the death of her husband Derek Draper, Kate Garraway has revealed that she's facing £800k debts after caring for the former politician since his health battle began in 2020

Damning figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) today revealed that 30% of all UK children were living in relative poverty in the year to March 2023

There were an estimated 4.33 million children living in households on relatively low income in the year to March 2023, up from 4.22 million the previous year

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

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.

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

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

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