New research from Amnesty International UK and Savanta reveals that 67% of Britons are worried or somewhat worried that they or their loved ones will need to cut back on essentials this winter due to ...

Nearly half of Gen Zers in the UK report being financially insecure, with millennials not far behind at 46 percent. This economic distress and a culture of competitive individualism are driving a ...

New poverty figures are allowing the government to claim its jobs recovery is boosting the fortunes of the average Briton. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK has one of the ...

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 ...

Child poverty in the UK has dramatically increased in the UK in recent years, as more and more families struggle in the wake of austerity cuts, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. With 281,000 ...

Almost nine in 10 children are living in poverty in some parts of the country - with the UK's worst-affected neighbourhood seeing more than 88% growing up below the breadline. According to the latest ...

Alliance councillor Stephen Donnelly described the statistics as “disturbing,” adding: “The situation around child poverty in this district is an absolute scandal. This is further evidence of ongoing ...

John H McKendrick receives funding from the Scottish Government to support the work of local authorities who are working toward meeting their obligations under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act. There ...

The UK has seen a dramatic rise in the number of children living in poverty since the Conservative government took power in 2010, a new report claims. One in five now live in poverty in the UK, report ...

Boris Johnson has been formally warned by the UK statistics regulator about his claim that child poverty has fallen over the past decade, HuffPost UK can reveal. The Office for Statistics Regulation ...

The latest poverty statistics are out from the Office of National Statistics and the usual suspects are crying wolf over it all. Some one third of the population experienced poverty in the first three ...