Almost 50% of the Highlands' 110,743 households experience fuel poverty, according to the region's council. Source link

An independent report warns cost of living pressures are driving up exploitation levels in Britain. Source link

Tom Wernham, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told the BBC using administrative records to "correct benefit amounts is going to be a big improvement to ...

Karnie SharpBBC Focus on Africa, South Africa's west coastBBCMartinus Fredericks is fighting to get the land back for his Nama peopleThere is a disturbing contrast along South Africa's remote ...

Hayley ClarkeEducation reporterGettyThe government has pledged to stop children growing up in B&Bs and to make childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit as part of its child ...

Francesca Gillett and Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimates that lifting the two-child benefit cap would lift 500,000 children out of relative povertySome children ...

Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondentBarnardo's NITrása Canavan of Barnardo's NI said that earlier this year her group had outlined what it wanted to see in the document in ...

Getty ImagesEnding child poverty has been listed as one of John Swinney's top prioritiesJohn Swinney was in listening mode. He needs help. He needs advice. Eighteen years after entering ...

Getty ImagesThe UK and Scottish governments are failing to use their powers to reduce poverty, according to a report from a leading charity.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said a ...

The unopposed election of John Swinney as SNP leader dominates the front pages of Scotland's newspapers. Source link

The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in 30 years, official figures show. Source link

In an impact assessment drawn up to justify the decision, which BBC Wales understands is connected to the legal action, said not reinstating the scheme "may increase food insecurity ...