The number of people living in poverty in the UK has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, with a children’s charity accusing the Government of knowing what help is needed but choosing not to give ...

United Nation Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier de Schutter visited the UK in November and denounced the levels of poverty in the country maintained by the Conservative ...

Britain’s leading end of life charity, Marie Curie paints a terrible picture of over 100,000 people in the UK dying in poverty every year. The report, “Dying in Poverty 2024”, centres on data collated ...

A higher proportion of young people today live in poverty than ever before, and for women in particular, the problem is getting worse. But are we noticing it? Have you ever spotted a friend's empty ...

Dr. Regina Murphy Keith is affiliated with the World Public Health Nutrition Association a registered charity for nutritionists and she is a Commissioner on the UK RIght to Food Commisssion The UK ...

The charity's Dying in Poverty 2025 report estimates 594 people who died in Wigan last year spent their final months living ...

The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows ...

John H McKendrick receives funding from the Scottish Government to support the work of local authorities who are working toward meeting their obligations under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act. There ...

Free sanitary products were made available for students in all English schools following a two-year campaign to eradicate period poverty for young women, but lockdown brought about a new reality for ...

More than 90,000 people die in poverty in the UK every year, new estimates suggest, prompting campaigners to warn that society is facing a “cost-of-dying” crisis. Working-age adults are twice as ...