By Catarina Demony LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Poverty in Britain has deepened, according to a report released on Tuesday, ...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said 6.8 million people were living in very deep poverty in the year to March 2024.

About 6.8 million people — almost half of all of those in poverty — are living in "very deep poverty" in the UK, the Joseph ...

Poverty in Britain remains stubbornly high, with more than one in five people now living in deprivation, a new report has ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Coordinated action and binding targets are required The UK government published its long awaited child poverty strategy at the end of 2025. It lands amid the highest levels of child poverty in the UK ...

The Children’s Commissioner has warned some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty” as a new report reveals the “real hardship” facing some families. Black mould ...

Report reveals that nearly 7 million people are living on well below the UK median income as the nation’s poorest get even poorer.

Renewed efforts to reduce child poverty in England between now and 2033, such as removing the 2-child limit on child benefit, would significantly boost several aspects of child health and narrow ...

Torran Semple receives funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/S023305/1. John Harvey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

There were 278,740 abortions in England and Wales in 2023, according to statistics just released by the Department of Health ...