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Voices: Is Labour’s welfare reform going too far – or is it necessary to balance the books? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Labour’s reforms to benefits aim to reduce economic inactivity and encourage work, but critics warn they could push vulnerable people further into poverty

The Independent UK

Rescuing Nigeria: how to break the cycle of decline and bring progress

Nigeria has abundant human and natural resources but remains mired in underdevelopment. There are high levels of poverty, corruption, unemployment and inequality. The country is currently witnessing a rise in ethnic militias and terrorism, adding to the threats posed by armed herdsmen’s deadly clashes with rural communities over land.

The Conversation

How far will Starmer risk pushing Labour MPs to swallow welfare cuts?

Many MPs will feel that pushing people in to poverty to balance the books is not what they came into politics to do

The Guardian - UK

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Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention

The Guardian - UK

Amid all the noise about the UK’s ‘two-tier’ justice system, there is silence on class

New sentencing guidelines for England and Wales address gender and ethnicity but ignore poverty

The Guardian - UK

CommonEn: A Greek model for tackling energy poverty

In the Greek city of Ioannina, the CommonEn energy community provides a sustainable, renewable-powered solution to energy poverty.

Euronews

Calls grow for households to get refunds after energy companies pocket £4bn excess profits

Campaigners urge Ofgem to refund UK households after energy network companies ‘profit from high inflation’

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Keir Starmer’s contempt for those on benefits is fuelled by tired stereotype

OKAY, Starmer, what have you got for us today? The benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”?

The National (Scotland)

From sleeping in doorways to reporting on homelessness: the journalist chronicling an American crisis

Kevin Fagan, who spent decades at the San Francisco Chronicle, argues in a new book that ‘atrociously unforgivable’ US poverty must be addressed

The Guardian - US

Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before

Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today.

The Conversation

They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama

Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran

The Independent UK

Biased laws and poverty driving huge rise in female prisoners – report

First such study finds laws on abortion, debt and dress help increase rate of women being jailed twice as fast as for men

The Guardian - UK

Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all

Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the poverty line.

The Conversation

Scottish Government announces £2 million worth of cost of living support

More than £2 million of support will be provided to individuals and families on low incomes to help with the cost of living crisis, the Scottish…

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Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit

Evening Standard

Chancellor urged to safeguard disability benefits from welfare reform cuts

A number of charities have written to Rachel Reeves arguing that hundreds of thousands of disabled households could be pushed into poverty otherwise.

The Independent UK

Chancellor urged not to make PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty

Leading charities have issued the Chancellor a stark warning

The Independent UK

Starmer braces for rebellion over welfare cuts as Labour accused of ‘pushing disabled people into poverty’

Labour backbencher warns of ‘deep, deep concern’ from colleagues over planned cuts

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SNP back coalition calling for end to two-child benefits cap

The SNP have backed calls from a coalition of organisations urging the UK Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap...

The Guardian - UK

Migrants and refugee families in the UK denied childcare funding, report finds

Immigration status is denying children equal access to early years education and pushing families ‘deeper into poverty’

The National (Scotland)

UN committee urges Labour to bin two-child cap and boost benefit spending

A TOP United Nations committee has urged the UK Government to bin austerity welfare policies like the two-child cap.

Evening Standard

Swinney ‘troubled’ by reports of imminent welfare cuts

The First Minister said such a move could endanger his drive to eradicate child poverty.

The Conversation

A basic income can be a strong investment in mental health

Over half of Canadians feel “financially paralyzed” by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll. As life becomes more unaffordable for more people, we need governments to create policies that will improve public health and well-being.

The Guardian - UK

Power struggle: will Brazil’s booming datacentre industry leave ordinary people in the dark?

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system

The Texas Tribune

Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.

Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block the neediest children from access.

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