THAT 14 million people in the UK, including more than four million children, are living in poverty is a “wearily familiar” ...

According to recent research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), Scotland is on course to drastically reduce child ...

Scotland's benefits system is providing greater protections for children, and that means its child poverty levels are set to ...

Poverty was a bigger issue for families in England last year than in the rest of the UK, according to an annual survey of ...

A MAP has laid bare the UK’s poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas. The ...

With poverty now at its highest point in the 21 st century, the UK is facing a poverty crisis – more than 16 million people are living in poverty and 3.8 million people are experiencing extreme ...

The chancellor says growing the economy is Labour’s main priority, but the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says economic growth ...

More than half the children in parts of Greater Manchester are living in poverty, according to a new report.

Glasgow Central has the fourth highest increase in absolute child poverty in the whole of the UK, new research can reveal. In Glasgow Central, absolute child poverty has skyrocketed 54.05% between ...

Poverty was a bigger issue for families in England last year than in the rest of the UK, according to an annual survey of health visitors. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) said its research ...

The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland ...

The gap between child poverty rates in Scotland and the rest of the UK is projected to widen from seven to 10 percentage points over the next four years. The findings, published in JRF's annual UK ...