What is Poverty? That was the title of my first essay at university back in 1988. We were expected to examine absolute ...

Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Last year in the United States, poverty either increased or decreased. Take your pick. The poverty rate rose by the Census Bureau’s narrow, official measure, but it fell by the bureau’s supplementary ...

ROME (Reuters) - The number of people living in absolute and relative poverty in Italy jumped in 2012 with families in southern regions hit especially hard, a report showed on Wednesday, highlighting ...

The Government estimated over a million people in already impoverished households would lose out on the winter fuel allowance if it was means-tested – before going ahead with the policy. Chancellor ...