Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Number of people in 'very deep poverty' in UK hits record high, research shows Hardship in the UK has worsened, with about 6.8 ...

Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of the Digital Poverty Alliance, offers her assessment of an issue that isn't limited to the UK... In recent years, we have heard much about issues such as digital exclusion, ...

United Nation Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier de Schutter visited the UK in November and denounced the levels of poverty in the country maintained by the Conservative ...

The rise is not mirrored by Scots women of the same age, prompting questions as to why men are falling behind.

Hardship in the UK has worsened, with about 6.8 million people living in "very deep poverty" — the highest level in more than 30 years — a charity said on Tuesday. Very deep poverty is defined as ...