The absolute poverty risk rate in Portugal varied between 8.5% and 12.6% in 2022, registering a decrease in the last 17 years, according to the interim report “Portugal, Balance Social 2024”.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells The Mirror the rollout of free breakfast clubs will soon begin to help ...

Campaigners are calling for a pilot Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme to be introduced in Greater Manchester, starting with people experiencing homelessness. They argue the initiative could ...

World-renowned health expert Sir Michael Marmot has said local voices are most powerful in combating health inequalities - as ...

A new national survey conducted by Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HCP) shows a concerning rise in vulnerability to poverty, particularly A new national survey conducted by Morocco’s High ...

Moroccos households saw an increase in average annual expenditure, with rural areas experiencing slower growth compared to ...

He said, “With about 100 million Nigerians living in absolute poverty and 150 million in multidimensional poverty, democracy is fast losing its essence if it fails to address the fundamental ...

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, says Nigeria’s democracy is fast losing its essence as a result of deep-rooted poverty ravaging the country.

Another marker of the very different experiences of these scenarios is how absolute poverty might change. For it to go down, incomes in low-income households need to grow faster than inflation – the ...

In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at ...