A chance for Labour to address child poverty

Labour should embrace my proposal to include child poverty reduction targets in the Child Health and School Bill, which I discussed for 11 hours. The backlash against Keir Starmer’s recent “Strangers Island of Strangers” speech really highlights the pitfalls of trying to appeal to voters while distancing from his core supporters. For every reform-minded voter […]

Marcus Rashford’s holiday scheme for kids wins reprieve from spending cuts | Poverty

Ministers have announced a Marcus Rashford-inspired plan to provide food to vulnerable children during school holidays, amid fears they could fall victim to a frantic money-saving drive across Whitehall. The plan, which offers activities and events, will be maintained for another year. More than a million people have signed a petition calling for the Manchester […]

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How Harris’s ‘opportunity economy’ could finally free the US from poverty 

The presidential election has made one thing clear: The candidates have very different ideas about which Americans should be at the center of their policies. And that matters, especially when it comes to poverty in America and who gets a chance at the American Dream. For all the talk about economic growth and opportunity, poverty […]

Harris’s ‘Opportunity Society’ is in the shadow of LBJ’s War on Poverty

Vice President Kamala Harris has touted an economic vision for America she calls the “Opportunity Society,” a policy that harkens back to an era when presidents distinguished their policies with slogans like Franklin D. Roosevelt's “New Deal” and John F. Kennedy's “New Frontier.” This year marks the 60th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson's “War on […]

More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds | Carers

More than one million unpaid carers looking after disabled, infirm or sick relatives in the UK are living in poverty, with one in ten experiencing extreme hardship that means they cannot afford to feed themselves or heat their home, a new survey has found. Campaigners said carers, regularly praised by politicians as unsung heroes who […]