March 27, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
About a third of children were living in deprivation even before this week’s benefit cuts. This appalling situation can’t go on A record 4.5 million children in the UK were growing up in poverty in the year to April 2024, according to...March 27, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardest Campaigners have said it is “morally repugnant” that vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of spending cuts after...March 27, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Resolution Foundation says ‘outlook for living standards remains bleak’ after chancellor’s cuts to welfare Lower-income households are on track to become £500 a year poorer by the end of the decade as a result of the UK chancellor’s...March 24, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Whether forged in neighbourhoods, clubs or universities, cross-class links can boost social mobility and break down divides Social capital is a key concept in the social sciences and – even though most people don’t use the term – also in...March 23, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Children from poorer families growing up amid a mix in income groups are likely to earn more as adults Friendships that bridge economic divides are good for social mobility, a major study has found, with low-income children growing up...March 21, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
In families like hers, the devastating impact of the £5bn cuts will be felt most keenly. It is a stain Labour may never be rid of Wrong, badly wrong, and it won’t easily, if ever, be forgotten or forgiven. To take £5bn from those with...March 18, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Uncertainty, disruption, increased screen use and crippling anxiety are some of the legacies of pandemic school closures When it comes to disasters, children are habitually “ignored and mistreated”, according to the disasters expert Prof...March 17, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
The physical impact alone has been seismic, but has the pandemic also altered how we see ourselves and the world? In the strange, scary days of early 2020, with the world suddenly upended by the outbreak of a terrifying new virus, there...Amid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class | Kenan Malik
March 16, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
New sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty As so often in such debates, the controversy over new guidelines for courts from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales has obscured as...March 15, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
London council’s policy of offering people homes far from the area led to England’s highest number of refusals A Labour-run London council left more than 100 families homeless without support last year after they refused to be relocated...March 14, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Family of Monica Cameroni De Adams, 65, files $50m damages claim as lawyer accuses city of ‘burying her alive’ An unhoused woman living out of her van in San Diego was towed away by authorities, who did not realize she was inside the car...March 13, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
James Edward Oakley, 58-year-old man living in Vallejo, was crushed by piece of excavating equipment last year New details have emerged in the death of a northern California man who was killed by a piece of excavating equipment during a...March 13, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Any welfare cuts are going to have hideous consequences for people with health conditions, says Heather Bingham . Plus letters from Carolyn Sutton , Michael Miller , Sacha Deshmukh and Dr Natalie Symes I doubt the government understands...March 13, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Kevin Fagan, who spent decades at the San Francisco Chronicle, argues in a new book that ‘atrociously unforgivable’ US poverty must be addressed The veteran journalist Kevin Fagan spent decades covering homelessness for the San Francisco...March 11, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
My colleague and mentor Myra Garrett, who has died aged 92, was a pioneering development worker, philanthropist, and advocate for peace and social justice. After leaving the US for the UK in 1970, she became a transformative figure in...March 10, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the number of people out of work or training “indefensible and...March 8, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth Five years ago, we were beginning to face the imminent reality of lockdown....March 8, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: More than a dozen authorities have bought more than 850 properties in English towns and cities since 2017 London councils and housing companies they own have spent more than £140m buying up homes to relocate homeless people...March 6, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Immigration status is denying children equal access to early years education and pushing families ‘deeper into poverty’ Tens of thousands of children in migrant and refugee families in the UK are being denied access to government-funded...March 6, 2025 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Joe was a gifted musician who struggled with addiction and poor mental health. When he got a place at an award-winning ‘sanctuary’ in London, it sounded perfect. The reality was shockingly different Jude Black was delighted when her son,...January 29, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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 …...January 15, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...January 8, 2021 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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....December 18, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...December 4, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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 ...November 20, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...November 13, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...November 6, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...October 30, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...October 23, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...October 16, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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 …...October 9, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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 …...October 2, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...September 18, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...September 4, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...August 28, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...August 14, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
$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 ...August 7, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...July 24, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...July 13, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...June 26, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...June 19, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...June 15, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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 ...June 5, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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....May 29, 2020 from IRP Poverty Dispatch
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...November 9, 2017 from Poverty
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: ...Daily chart: In much of sub-Saharan Africa, mobile phones are more common than access to electricity
November 8, 2017 from Poverty
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...September 14, 2017 from Poverty
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...July 13, 2017 from Poverty
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...June 29, 2017 from Poverty
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...