Browsing: poverty

It’s that crucial week when millions discovered how much their benefits and pensions would rise by next April. Generally, the increase is pegged to inflation, which…

One of my vacation habits is to take along a book about the place I’m visiting — which is how I found myself on Ireland’s spectacular…

With all children across the UK back in school as of this week, I am reminded that almost one in three are in poverty. That statistic…

Walking down their local high streets, people in Britain are increasingly unlikely to come across a local butcher, baker or grocery shop, and more likely to…

Editor’s note, August 7, 10:30 am ET: On August 7, Trump’s tariffs went into effect for more than 90 countries. The story below was originally published…

A food redistribution charity is appealing for help to fight food poverty during the school summer holidays.FareShare Sussex & Surrey has launched its summer appeal amid…

In the last 18 months I’ve found myself having to respond to claims that mental health culture has gone too far, that we’re over-diagnosing mental health…

The UN organisation for disabled people’s rights has asked the UK government for details about the impact of its welfare bill, expressing its concerns about the…

Twenty years ago this weekend, the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries, chaired by Tony Blair, gathered at the Scottish golf resort of Gleneagles and…

The same 11 young women turn up around the clock at the emergency ward of Furness general hospital in Cumbria. The group are well known to…