Poverty


Labour accused of ‘balancing the books off the backs of the poor’ in spring spending statement

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister walks in the direction of the biggest bosses

Hunan province’s transformation shows how state investment can lift millions from deprivation — but Western states avoid discussion of this while ramping up military spending instead, writes FIONA EDWARDS

The Trussell Trust calls on NI executive to act on hunger after 35,000 emergency food parcels were distributed across the six counties

The government mantra that ‘things will only get worse’ is almost designed to fuel the far right – and grim warnings from Europe suggest Britain’s future direction of travel too, says DIANE ABBOTT MP

LINDA PENTZ GUNTER condemns Starmer’s willingness to let children go hungry and the elderly shiver while pouring billions into doomed nuclear projects that won’t address the climate crisis

Unacceptable for one of world’s wealthiest nations to fuel child poverty, campaigners charge

As she returns to Westminster, REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP calls on the new government to scrap the two-child benefit cap immediately to ease families’ financial strain that she sees in Salford

Millions are going hungry in our nation, but Labour is still not prepared to commit to taking the action needed to address the chaos the Tories leave in their wake, write Dr TOMMY KANE, ALEX COLAS and Dr MICHAEL CALDERBANK

Despite pledges from the late president that absolute poverty would be eradicated by 2022, the reality is that Iran’s commitment to neoliberalism has seen working people plunged ever-deeper into misery, says JAMSHID AHMADI

NEU general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE warns that after 14 years of Conservative rule, fatigue, hunger and poor health are commonplace in Britain’s schools

Charity launches its largest-ever winter food distribution programme amid a severe cost-of-living crisis

Patients and professional bodies are united in calling for action to support those with spinal injuries who are facing unique challenges over heating bills, reports RUTH HUNT

For all the talk of the rise of the developing world and the decline of the West’s malignant power over it, we still haven’t seen a ‘can’t pay, won’t pay’ rebellion over ballooning Third World debt, writes ROGER McKENZIE

We know the Conservatives stand for cuts, destitution, and hungry children – it’s time for Labour to announce the policies that will do the opposite, writes KIM JOHNSON MP

The Tories’ latest assault on the sick and disabled is deadly and economically illiterate, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

Precarious work and low pay are to blame for plunging families below the poverty line, warns MIKE HEDGES MS

Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s State of the Nation study warns that at women and ethnic minorities are disproportionately at risk