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What challenges might the new archbishop of Canterbury face?

From issues within the Church to wider political topics, the religious leader will be expected to speak on various subjects.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap

Campaigners say it pulls more than 100 children across the UK into poverty every day.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies

Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank’s approach to development for many decades. From the bank’s early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power plants and transport networks were central to its strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction. This reflected a top-down…

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2025

Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget

Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025

Bridget Phillipson says scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘definitely on the table’

The education secretary argued there is ‘absolutely’ more to do when it comes to tackling child poverty, adding that she will ‘make it happen’

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Streeting to set out £500m package to boost social care pay

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vow to end ‘poverty pay’ in social care.

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

'Millions of pounds' of council tax debt could be written off in fresh proposals

Changes proposed to the Housing Bill could lead to millions of pounds of council tax debt being written off, the Scottish Greens have claimed ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2025

One in two Nigerians live in poverty: why relief programmes have failed

Poverty in Nigeria has reached critical levels, recent data shows. About 31% of Nigerians lived in poverty prior to the COVID-19 epidemic. Since then, an additional 42 million have become poor, increasing the poverty rate to about 46% in 2024.

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2025

JK Rowling accuses 'ignorant' Emma Watson of 'pouring petrol' on trans attacks in scathing post

‘I wasn’t a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous,’ says JK Rowling in a scathing social media post

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025

Education unions urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

A letter to the prime minister on the eve of the Labour conference warns of ‘critical need’ to abandon the policy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2025