Poverty
UK food banks gave out three million parcels in the past year
The Trussell Trust distributed almost three million emergency food parcels in the past year, the highest on record, and more…
Hidden unemployment: England’s northern cities significantly higher than official figures
Nationally, the unemployment rate is historically low, but since the start of the pandemic, large numbers of people are leaving…
Attacks on Africa’s informal settlements are attacks on women’s economic liberation. Here’s why.
The authorities subject those living in Africa's informal city settlements to recurrent evictions and threats of eviction both on the streets where…
How does UK inflation really compare with the rest of the world?
This year has been defined economically by rising inflation rates, which have fuelled the UK cost-of-living crisis and fed into…
Energy poverty in Lagos: Electricity supply plays catch-up to Nigeria’s population boom
The summer of 2022 was a hot one in Lagos. On 19 July, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), anticipating…
Tower Hamlets has the worst child poverty rates in the UK
The 2021 census results have revealed that London’s Tower Hamlets has experienced the biggest population growth in the UK; it…
How the UK’s cost-of-living crisis is hitting the summer holidays
Across the country, millions of children will be watching films and playing games on their last day of school, ahead…
Research reveals the most economically devastating natural disasters
Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, which saw the capital city Port-au-Prince suffer major damage, has been determined the world’s most economically devastating…
Period poverty: London has the highest proportion of girls struggling to afford menstrual products
London has the highest proportion of young women and girls who are struggling to afford period products in the UK,…
How CIOs can help eradicate data poverty across the UK by 2024
Eradicating data poverty in the UK by 2024 is the ambitious target for a new 'data poverty lab' set up…