Poverty in Britain remains stubbornly high, with more than one in five people now living in deprivation, a new report has ...

About 6.8 million people — almost half of all of those in poverty — are living in "very deep poverty" in the UK, the Joseph ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Some 6.8 million now live in extreme hardship, the highest in three decades, following the two-child welfare policy change.

Britain’s ‘poorest still getting poorer’ as Labour urged to act on ‘record high’ levels of poverty - Poverty will remain ...

Insights from JRF's (GPAG) on the 2026 UK Poverty report — the real stories and struggles behind the headline poverty statistics.

The Mirror is bringing you the latest money news, including a stark report on Britain's worsening poverty plight, whether ...

Coordinated action and binding targets are required The UK government published its long awaited child poverty strategy at the end of 2025. It lands amid the highest levels of child poverty in the UK ...

New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

5 September - Around the world, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty and 1.1 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...