Articles Tagged: poverty

Children going to school malnourished, dirty and scavenging for food

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 27, 2012

A study has blamed the recession for growing numbers of youngsters arriving at school malnourished, dirty and struggling to concentrate.

Universal credit: Why 150,000 single working mums will be worse off

By Marianne Kavanagh, Mar 14, 2012

The charity Save the Children says that 150,000 of the country’s poorest single parents will be worse off by up to £68 a week under the Coalition Government’s new Universal Credit. This may mean that a quarter of a million children will be pushed further into poverty.

Madonna pledges to build 10 new schools in Malawi - but angers Government

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Feb 24, 2012

Madonna has riled officials in Malawi with her promise to build ten new schools, the Guardian reports today.

X Factor Rebecca Ferguson's heartache: 'I grew up in care homes and poverty'

By Keith Kendrick, Nov 24, 2011

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has revealed the childhood struggles that drove her to success. The soulful 25 year-old, who performed her first single, Nothing’s Real But Love on the show last week, told how she grew up in care and foster homes because of her mum’s illness.

Achtung Baby or Christmas in a shoebox

By Suze Nowak, Nov 13, 2011

Today I uttered words I swore I never would. They haunted me as a child, heard so often their meaning became numbed by repetition; "You madam, have no idea how lucky you are"