- Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent This year, more than 80 countries and half the world’s population face elections . While many islands in the...
- Charity that uses football to help pupils build relationships found to improve happiness in Greater Manchester project Intensive mentoring for troubled schoolchildren using football kickabouts can significantly enhance wellbeing,...
- Schools say increasing numbers of children are turning up sick because of dire housing conditions – if they turn up at all Some children living in dire housing conditions have been woken up by chesty coughs caused by damp, others by the...
- Charities say authorities want to clear homeless people from streets and squats to make city look better for Games Police have evicted hundreds of people from the biggest squat in France, in a southern suburb of Paris, prompting fresh...
- Separate report suggests number of people living in poverty aged between 60 and pension age has tripled under Tories Nearly 1 million people aged over 66 in the UK are living in deprivation, according to government statistics, the...
- Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations with support from the Wayne Barrett Project On an...
- Khan says he will spend extra £10m on crisis if elected to third term as mayor as numbers reach highest level in a decade Sadiq Khan has pledged to eliminate rough sleeping in London, where the numbers on the streets have reached the...
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- As affluent families bought in after 1980, criminals targeted less secure tenanted properties, writes Stephen Farrall Kate Barker is quite right ( UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 report, 4 April ). Since...
- Isolation and lack of health insurance also correlate to reduced mammogram rates for breast cancer Women who are low-income, socially isolated and lack health insurance are far less likely to be up-to-date on mammograms, a breast cancer...
- In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slums Pedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of...
- New penalties for homeless people at a time of rising destitution would be the ugliest politics. The repealers must prevail The 1824 Vagrancy Act , passed into law under the Tory government of Lord Liverpool during the period of domestic...
- Kate Barker, speaking on anniversary of landmark review, says overcrowding and temporary accommodation even worse today The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says...
- The Guardian spent time at Oasis Academy Hadley, where more than half of pupils are in poverty but ambitions are high “It’s the biggest story, mark my words. I think it’s really worrying. There are going to be dead children.” Zoë...
- PM insists the government is delivering despite Guardian analysis showing deterioration in three areas At the weekend the Observer splashed on a story by Toby Helm saying government lawyers have told ministers that Israel is breaking...
- Group working with Labour and Lib Dem MPs oppose government’s move to introduce harsher measures Rough sleeping could be fully decriminalised after 200 years under proposals from rebel Conservative MPs to repeal legislation dating from...
- Police in England and Wales to be given powers to fine homeless people deemed to be causing a ‘nuisance’ Ministers are facing a revolt from their own MPs over plans to criminalise homelessness in upcoming legislation. Under proposals...
- Exclusive: Millions more GP appointments potentially created as a result of closures Almost 1,000 pharmacies in England have closed since 2017, potentially leading to millions of extra GP appointments, the Guardian can exclusively...
- Former PM says multibillion-pound fund would be ‘transitional arrangement’ to give struggling families breathing space Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that Gordon Brown has called...
- U-turn comes after campaigners attacked proposal by data body for England and Wales as ‘callous’ The Office for National Statistics has scrapped plans to no longer report the deaths of homeless people after an outcry. The data body for...
- The January 29, 2021 edition of the Poverty Dispatch was our last. To keep up on news and research about poverty, please sign up for IRP’s email lists here and follow us on Twitter at @IRP_UW Biden reopens ACA enrollment …...
- Poverty Grows Despite Economic Recovery Some jobless workers have been excluded from unemployment benefits. pew.org How low-income people are spending their $600 pandemic stimulus payments When a person lives in a constant state...
- Economy sees job loss in December for the first time in eight months as surging virus takes toll Nonfarm payrolls fell by 140,000 in December, the Labor Department said, against the Dow Jones consensus estimate for a 50,000 gain....
- Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer America’s poverty rate has risen at the fastest pace ever this year after aid for the unemployed declined. www.washingtonpost.com U.S. poverty jumps the most in...
- Millions may be getting shortchanged on unemployment benefits, GAO finds Millions of jobless people may not be receiving the full unemployment payments they are owed, a government watchdog report released Monday found. www.cnn.com ...
- Safety net for the unemployed is defective. The pandemic exposed its flaws: MIT report The unemployment benefits system has many shortcomings, researchers argue in a new paper published by MIT. They were laid bare by the coronavirus...
- Time is running out for millions of Americans who still haven’t gotten stimulus checks Time is running out for millions of Americans who still haven’t gotten stimulus checks — and they’re likely the people most in...
- Economy added 638,000 jobs in October as growth slows In October, the economy grew jobs but at a slower pace than earlier in the summer. The unemployment rate fell in October. www.washingtonpost.com End of $600 unemployment boost...
- Millions poised to lose unemployment benefits in ‘enormous cliff’ at year’s end Federal programs enacted by the CARES Act coronavirus relief law to help unemployed workers are ending after Dec. 31. Lapsing benefits will...
- How Missourians did an end-around their conservative legislature to expand Medicaid Missourians mobilized by the thousands to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot this year, a move that will impact 230,000 low-income residents in the...
- 8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out. www.nytimes.com …...
- The Covid Economy Carves Deep Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots The comeback since the start of the pandemic is kind to those who can work from home, to firms serving them and to regions hospitable to them. Left behind are …...
- The ‘black hole’ of unemployment benefits: Six months into the pandemic, some are still waiting for aid Half a year into the coronavirus-fueled recession, states are still struggling to pay unemployment benefits, leaving thousands...
- Incomes were up and poverty was down across America in 2019 — and then COVID-19 hit Encouraging as it seems, the new Census report is a pretty picture of something that no longer exists. www.inquirer.com Median U.S. household...
- Job Gains Slowed Again In August As Employers Added 1.4 Million Jobs Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what … Continue reading...
- States are being approved for Trump’s unemployment benefits, but most jobless Americans aren’t seeing the money yet States are quickly receiving approval to provide jobless residents with President Donald Trump’s $300...
- $400 Unemployment Supplement Is Really $300, and Won’t Arrive Soon New state claims fell below one million for the first week since March. But jobless ranks remain vast, and a White House relief plan faces hurdles. www.nytimes.com ...
- In These Neighborhoods, the Jobless Rate May Top 30 Percent New maps show how the virus has severely deepened economic inequality within cities. www.nytimes.com For the unemployed, rising grocery prices strain budgets even more...
- Coronavirus relief policies kept 10 million Americans out of poverty. They’re set to expire in July A report from the Urban Institute finds that three federal measures — one-time stimulus payments, enhanced SNAP benefits and...
- Hiring Outlook Remains Dim, With ‘Scarring in the Economy’ As unemployment claims keep pouring in, new job postings are lacking, and an end to some benefits is approaching. www.nytimes.com Workers are pushed to the brink as they...
- Millions of Americans will fall off an ‘income cliff’ when extra $600 in unemployment benefits ends next month With the extra $600 per week in federal unemployment insurance set to expire at the end of July, policymakers...
- Medicaid Rolls Surge, Adding to Budget Woes The pandemic could drive up Medicaid enrollment by 16%. pew.org A tale of two recessions: Some Americans thrive as others suffer The recession is playing out much differently across...
- Evictions expected to spike as states end moratoriums that offered relief during COVID-19 Evictions are expected to spike as more states lift moratoriums put in place to offer renters relief during COVID-19. www.usatoday.com ...
- May Surprise: U.S. Adds 2.5 Million Jobs As Unemployment Dips To 13.3% U.S. employers unexpectedly added jobs last month as the unemployment rate declined, signs that people are returning to work as states reopen their economies....
- Coronavirus ravages poorer L.A. communities while slowing in wealthier ones, data show Since April 17, coronavirus infection rates have surged in L.A. County’s poorer neighborhoods, while cases have risen far more slowly in richer...
- Print section Print Rubric: Beefing up mobile-phone and internet penetration Print Headline: The right connections Print Fly Title: Connectivity UK Only Article: standard article Issue: ...
- Main image: A DECADE after mobile phones began to spread in Africa, they have become commonplace even in the continent’s poorest countries. In 2016 two-fifths of people in sub-Saharan Africa had mobile phones. Their rapid...
- Print section Print Rubric: The past 15 years have seen spectacular falls in poverty and ill health. The next 15 are unlikely to be as good Print Headline: Generation games Print Fly Title: The Gates report...
- Print section Print Rubric: Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen Print Headline: The $78 trillion free lunch Print Fly Title: If...
- Print section Print Rubric: Aid brought Liberia back from the brink. It also weakened its fledgling government Print Headline: Fading faith in good works Print Fly Title: Foreign aid UK Only...