Labour has said it will end in-work poverty within its first full term if it wins the next election. People in working families are much less likely to be living in poverty than those where no-one ...

British Red Cross research found that finding work and somewhere to live, and applying for benefits, often takes much longer than 28 days. In some cases it can take up to three months. Refugees and ...

Judgment has been reserved in a legal challenge brought against Stormont for "failing to adopt" an anti-poverty strategy for Northern Ireland. The human rights group, the Committee on the ...

Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns one in three children will still be in poverty in England by the end of the decade - even with high economic growth - unless there is targeted support ...

Poverty has worsened in that time, reflecting the political divisions that still beset the British-ruled province, two decades after the commitment was made as part of its peace process.