Poverty

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll with other event attendees. (Photo by Children North East)

Event in Cramlington examining poverty leads to report

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

Labour MP Zarah Sultana has accused Tories of ‘blocking’ her Free School Meals For All bill after its second reading in Parliament was rescheduled on Friday (January 20).

Ethan Evans

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference