The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more ...

Scottish Government statistics show that 21% of children live in households with an income which is at least 60% less than the UK median, a slight decrease.

American households earning well into the middle six figures increasingly say they feel squeezed, not secure, as housing, health care and child care costs outpace their paychecks. The claim that ...

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Jonah is joined by Scott Winship – the director of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and fresh off the heels of his position within Senator Mike Lee’s Social Capital Project. Jonah ...

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The social phenomenon of poverty is extremely complex and in constant, rapid change; it is essential to understand its nature in order to support those who find themselves entangled in its tight grip.