November 2, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: Researchers who studied babies in Scotland believe cuts to benefits and services are linked to rise The introduction of UK austerity policies has been associated with a striking increase in the number of babies in Scotland...October 31, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Rachel Reeves made funding the NHS a priority but people working in other areas said they were disappointed Rachel Reeves’s first budget emphasised raising taxes to help the NHS, as the health service tries to cope with huge waiting...October 31, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Homelessness charities call for long-term plan and say 18% increase to 4,780 people ‘should incense us all’ Rough sleeping in London hit another record high this summer, with an 18% increase on the summer before, as the mayor predicted...October 28, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Co-op/Demos report details how people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are far less likely to earn good incomes A lack of social mobility is costing the UK £19bn a year, a report produced by the cross-party thinktank Demos and the...October 28, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
It’s a tall order but Labour has a chance to improve people’s lives in both the short and long term Jonathan Portes is professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London and a former senior civil servant Four years of...Labour gave us Sure Start to tackle child poverty. Now it should hike tax to keep it | Polly Toynbee
October 22, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
The Tories put British children’s prospects of escaping a poor background into reverse. This is Labour’s chance to fix that As the budget approaches, outrage from the Tories and their media outriders at any mention of proposed tax rises...October 21, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Those aged 50 to 69 will be the worst affected, with some left in such pain that they cannot work Almost 2 million more people will be suffering from sore backs, necks and other body parts by 2040 due to a surge in chronic pain caused by...October 17, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessness An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada ’s most populous province has identified several cases in which patients...October 15, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Campaign group warns of ‘emergency on our streets’ after estimated 155 people died while rough sleeping last year Andrew Reece was 37 and sleeping rough in Stoke-on-Trent when on 10 May 2023 he took his own life in an abandoned and...October 13, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Coinciding with Challenge Poverty Week, a call for the government to listen to people with lived experience of poverty when drawing up plans to tackle the crisis When the prime minister and chancellor speak of the need to make tough...October 10, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: Letter from union leaders and renters’ groups urges government to tackle root cause of unaffordable rents Unions are calling on ministers to undo “years of damage to the housing sector” by the previous Conservative government...October 9, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Exclusive: Failure to extend funding risks biggest setback to ending homelessness ‘in recent history’, Rachel Reeves told Rough sleeping will head back towards record levels unless Labour fills a looming £1bn shortfall in frontline...October 6, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe At least 10,000 more children have fallen into poverty since Keir Starmer took office, thanks to the two-child benefit...October 6, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Class-based disadvantage manifests itself before children even start school, says a report from the Centre for Young Lives One of Labour’s five missions for government is to break down barriers to opportunity so that every child has the...October 3, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Inquest hears how 38-year-old Laura Winham, who was deaf and had schizophrenia, wrote of struggling to buy food A vulnerable woman who lay dead unnoticed in a social housing flat for more than three years wrote in her diary that she was...October 3, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Axing the cap is the first step towards pulling children out of poverty. Could £2.5bn ever be better spent? At a stroke, this government could wipe out much of the extra child poverty caused by the last government. It would be a bargain,...October 3, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Centrepoint records 564 instances of ‘gatekeeping’ including dozens involving young people who were pregnant or had children Hundreds of homeless young people, including dozens who are pregnant or have children, are being illegally...September 30, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Margherita Belgioioso , Christoph Dworschak and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch respond to Guardian analysis on the lives of those accused of taking part in the riots earlier this year The Guardian’s analysis of court data provides valuable...September 29, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Growing up poor blights children’s lives, and results in lower work and health outcomes that cost the exchequer long term What’s Labour’s governing philosophy? That was the question posed at a dinner I went to with some MPs and former...September 26, 2024 from Social exclusion | The Guardian
Felicity Laurence says the policy is racist and discriminatory, Kartik Raj that it goes against human and children’s rights, and Ruth Lister that the costs have not been considered Amelia Gentleman’s eloquent refocusing on the two-child...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...