The number of people living in relative poverty in the UK rose by half a million in the year up to March 2025, new government figures have shown. There are now 13.4 million living in relative poverty, ...

The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more ...

Being in poverty means different things to different people. That’s one of the reasons we have so many possible ways of measuring it in the UK. So one of the most valuable questions to ask anyone who ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

More than one in three children live below the poverty line in the worst spot. You can check the level in your area with our ...

In a Sunday interview with The Guardian, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter stated that the poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and that the ...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the Government’s latest tackling child poverty delivery plan is open to legal challenge ...

The time needed to get $1 in international dollars is 63 minutes in the US. This is about twice the average in Germany, France and the UK according to an Oxford University researcher. This suggests ...

Boris Johnson claimed child poverty has reduced – has it? Slava Samusevich/Shutterstock There are 400,000 fewer children in poverty than there were in 2010. We are taking steps to alleviate poverty, ...