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 ...

Scottish Government statistics show that 21% of children live in households with an income which is at least 60% less than the UK median, a slight decrease.

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The next prime minister’s time in office looks set to be dominated by the “terrifying” prospect of the biggest squeeze in living standards for a century, the Resolution Foundation has warned. The ...

Jonah is joined by Scott Winship – the director of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and fresh off the heels of his position within Senator Mike Lee’s Social Capital Project. Jonah ...

We evaluate progress in the War on Poverty as President Lyndon B. Johnson defined it, which established a 20% baseline poverty rate and adopted an absolute standard. While the official poverty rate ...

Data recently published by the Department for Work & Pensions shows that the UK has seen the biggest rise in what’s called ‘absolute poverty’ in 30 years. There are two ways of describing poverty in ...