As new figures revealed the Isle of Wight has among the highest rates of relative child poverty of unitary authorities in the South East, community leaders have called the increased requirement for ...

is an economic policy analyst in the Economics and Statistics Unit at the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States in Tamil Nadu, India. He is an alumnus of the Centre of Development Studies, ...

which had a child poverty rate of 44.6 per cent, followed by Bradford at 44.2 per cent and Oldham at 42.9 per cent. According to PA, relative low income is defined as any family claiming child ...

No. Because of the female need for finance protection has stopped Elderly single women are a representative example of poverty in Japan, up there with single parent households. The poverty rate varies ...

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Director Monica Strømdahl’s “Flophouse America” provides a visceral documentation of poverty in America. Flophouses are cheap, run-down motels where many people are forced to live when they ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs. Village chickens in Petauke, Zambia.Credit ...

The Japanese competitors stunned the spectators with spectacular performances. Big Air riders, Kokomo Murase and Ryoma Kimata from Japan, each captured gold medals in the massive competition.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Child poverty is set to increase under a Labour government for the first time in history and an "alternative path" is needed to stop the rise of Reform UK, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned.

CHILD poverty in Scotland has fallen, in "contrast" to the rest of the UK, new figures from the Scottish Government have shown. Compared with the previous year’s statistics, relative child poverty in ...

Interim targets to reduce child poverty in Scotland have been missed as the latest figures show a reduction in relative child poverty to 22%. The Scottish Government’s figures for 2023/24 were ...