The number of pensioners living in poverty in Britain is at risk of hitting two million, it has been warned. Older people are ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

The UK Government has been accused of having a “profound misunderstanding” of the causes of poverty and food insecurity. The Scottish Government levelled the charge against Westminster as it published ...

The Labour government in November 2025 confirmed it will do away with the cap for benefits and that the measure will come ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Mar 18, 2024, 01:38pm EDT A homeless man sleeps on the street under a U.K. union flag ...

Britain’s leading end of life charity, Marie Curie paints a terrible picture of over 100,000 people in the UK dying in poverty every year. The report, “Dying in Poverty 2024”, centres on data collated ...

Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live in poverty. While the government announced a Child Poverty Taskforce to ...

The struggles people face in 2026 will demand a collective response beyond anything seen in our history, writes CAP CEO ...

A new report from the United Kingdom-based The Payments Association suggests the area’s burgeoning Fintech sector can play a key part in helping folks emerge from poverty. Navigating the rising ...

Around 1.9 million old people on the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) state pension are already living in poverty, ...