Poverty Related Content

Dr Paula Christie, Research and Enhancement at College Development Network, highlights the importance of implementing trauma-informed practice to help students as they enter the learning environment.

How has the UK Government’s National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), designed to tackle childhood obesity, impacted child and parent mental health? 

As the UK prepares for its longest recession yet, amidst a cost-of-living crisis, are the government ready to help the people through its harsh austerity measures?

The British pound has fallen below the US dollar, as the Tory ‘mini budget’ enacts the biggest tax cuts seen in 50 years.

With the death toll rising to over 1200 people, Pakistan suffers the burden of climate change with extreme floods.

USDA will provide nearly $2 billion in additional funding to food banks and school meal programs for purchasing American-grown foods.

Ioannis Vardakastanis, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, argues that the EU and Member States must do more to tackle energy poverty and protect vulnerable consumers.

Healthcare carbon emissions are to receive an 80% reduction in the NHS, but this could continue exacerbating existing health equalities.

With the cost-of-living crisis at an unaffordable high, councils need to address empty homes and how they can benefit from having new occupants.

Sri Lanka protests have ousted President Rajapaksa over disputes of the worst economic crisis the country has faced since gaining independence.

Spiralling inflation, rising energy bills and an escalating cost of living crisis have left millions of people struggling to afford basic necessities; could future predictive modelling stop this from happening again.

When rural poor people get a one-time capital boost, it helps them accumulate assets and find better occupations - pulling them from the poverty trap.

The Spring Statement unveils more hits to standards of living in the UK, where millions face high inflation rates and rising costs.

Millions of lives around the world could be improved by tackling global tax abuse – including greater access to basic sanitation and more children in schools.

People who take academic breaks after high school are less likely to enrol in higher education – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Inflation, tax, energy, gas, food, and travel costs are all expected to rise in 2022 – hitting lower income households the hardest across, with UK inflation at 7%.

Economists define inequality as unfair if people have unequal opportunities or insufficient resources to make ends meet.

Research highlights that fighting poverty would not change existing climate goals, as richer countries are substantially more responsible for carbon emissions.

Rising global temperatures are creating imminent heat waves, which are set to impact poorer populations more substantially than wealthier ones.

Children who grew up in poverty have a higher likelihood of developing externalising disorders when in adulthood, especially amongst girls.