Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty?

Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

PM visits East of England to mark free school meal expansion

Sir Keir Starmer will visit a school in Peterborough to meet children who receive free school meals. From September 2026, tens of thousands of additional children in the East of England will be ...

It’s precisely Labour’s ‘war on poverty’ that’s keeping Britain poor

Tim Stanley and I interviewed Clive Lewis for the Daily T podcast on Budget Day, and naturally, the Labour backbencher had ...
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One In Five Children In Rich Countries Lives In Poverty – UNICEF

Sixty-nine million children — or more than one in five — live in poverty in the world’s 40 richest countries UNICEF said in a report released Wednesday, blasting Britain and France for their ...
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Ending poverty and hunger once and for all – is it possible?

The COVID-19 crisis has led to the first rise in extreme poverty and food insecurity in 20 years. Is it realistic to end these two scourges once and for all? Ahead of the Commission for Social ...
American Enterprise Institute

No, the US Does Not Have the Highest Child Poverty Rates in the World

Child poverty rates in the US are at historically low levels, and similar to other countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada. This truth gets lost when politicians like Sen. Bernie ...
BBC

Child poverty is a 'crisis that cannot be ignored'

One in five children across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are living in poverty Public health officials have issued an "urgent call" to tackle child poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The ...
Polskie Radio

Extreme poverty down in Poland, but 1.9 million still below subsistence line: study

Extreme poverty in Poland fell to 5.2 percent in 2024 from 6.6 percent a year earlier, according to a new Poverty Watch report by EAPN Poland, the Polish branch of the European Anti-Poverty Network.
American Enterprise Institute

Defining Poverty Up

Thirty years ago, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D., N.Y.) wrote a seminal essay titled “Defining Deviancy Down.” He argued that Americans had “become accustomed to alarming levels of crime ...
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Labour's Welfare Reforms Will Push 150,000 Into Poverty, Government Admits

Labour’s welfare reforms will push an extra 150,000 people into poverty by the end of the decade, according to official government analysis. The figures come despite a backbench rebellion forcing Keir ...
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Goal 1—End Poverty in All its Forms Everywhere

In September 2015, Heads of State will convene at the General Assembly of the United Nations to agree upon a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The first target of the first SDG proposed by ...