Dr Eunan O'Neill, director of public health for Cornwall, said child poverty affected "every aspect of a child's life", and said it was "a crisis that cannot be ignored".

Surveys by the charity found more than 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going hungry last year due to lack ...

Lower wages in Northern Ireland are a "major driving factor in high poverty levels", a research report has found.

Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first universal ...

Nearly half of Gen Zers in the UK report being financially insecure, with millennials not far behind at 46 percent. This economic distress and a culture of competitive individualism are driving a ...

What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle A lack of food has become the biggest ...

Figures from the Department of State and Pensions (DWP) show 25 percent of children in the UK in 2022-23 were living in absolute poverty, up from 23.8 percent the previous year. This is the largest ...

Shocking statistic is shared as over 300 delegates attend UNISON’s national retired members’ conference in Brighton ...

The problem of poverty is seemingly intractable. According to the latest numbers from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 14.5 million people in the UK were living in poverty in 2021/22 – that’s an ...

One in 10 children have missed school because they lacked essentials like clean clothes or period products, says, MD at ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shortly after breaking up with his partner, a British man with HIV found that his address was posted in a shop window along with a warning that he was an AIDS carrier. Days later he ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One million women living in poverty in Britain have experienced extensive violence and abuse, a report said on Wednesday, which makes them more likely to attempt ...