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No expectations? Expert compares UK welfare policy to age of Dickens

In a scathing UN report on poverty in the UK, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said one-fifth of the UK's population was living in poverty.

United Kingdom

UK government in 'clear breach' of duty as families face poverty

"As a parent, you really feel like you’ve let your kids down, especially in the holidays. I’ll have to gather my pennies together for a loaf of bread and 50p of butter, so they have some toast,"

World

Road Trip Europe Day 25: The hard realities in the suburbs of Naples

We’re talking to people across Europe about the issues that affect them ahead of May’s European Parliament Elections on our EU road trip which has arrived in Naples. Euronews correspondents Jack Parrock and Elena Cavallone have been speaking to some locals in the suburbs of the Italian city.

United Kingdom

British pupils suffer 'Dickensian poverty', teachers say

“I found out last week that a third of my class sleep in their uniforms as they don’t have pyjamas.”

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France

France must do more for its homeless, says UN housing expert

Laws meant to protect the most vulnerable people in France have failed, says the UN's special rapporteur on housing.

Germany

Every third child in Berlin lives in poverty — meet one of them

15-year-old Kim Hansloek is part of the gloomy statistic. But performing in the socially conscious Cabuwazi circus gives her "an outlet for the rage". Watch how a Berlin circus helps children living in poverty in this interactive 360° experience.

Europe News

Homelessness in Europe - a hidden figure

The official number of homeless people in Europe is not known, their lives a hidden figure. The invisibility of this crisis in the EU flags up policy failures after years of austerity, stagnating wages and increase in house prices. We take a look behind the numbers.

World

Can new Citizens' Income scheme inspire Italians out of poverty?

The citizens’ income is expected to cost the state 7.1 billion euros this year, 7.8 billion in 2020 and 8.0 billion in 2021.

My Europe Series

Fashion victims: Bulgaria's textile workers on the poverty line

With one hundred days to go before the next European elections, Insiders goes to Bulgaria to discuss the difficult working conditions for textile workers in a country which has the lowest minimum wage in Europe.

Economy

Europe's poverty gap

"The problem is not that we run out of money occasionally. The real problem is that we live our entire lives this way and our children grow up in this too.”

World

European anti-poverty groups examine root causes of exclusion

A conference is taking place at the European Parliament today to discuss how to tackle poverty and social exclusion, which affect nearly half the poulation of some member states.

World News

Failure to tax the rich hits girls hardest: Oxfam

"We all suffer, but it's women and girls who suffer most"

World News

Poverty report: 26 individuals own the same as poorest 50% of humanity

Fortune favours the rich with 26 people owning the same as the poorest half of the human race, according to a recent report from Oxfam

France

Macron makes northern pilgrimage

French president visits sites of great WWI battles and says regions' suffering must end.

Russia

Woman ‘gives away’ newborn baby at Russian airport

Police say the 25-year-old mother gave the newborn baby to a teacher she met online because she was unable to provide for her.

Venezuela

Professor cannot afford to fix his shoes

This university professor needs four months wages to repair his shoes.

Venezuela

Venezuelan hardship unlikely to affect presidential election

Nicolas Maduro, has been unable to manage a crisis which, for ordinary citizens, has led to shortages food and medicine. But he is likely to be returned as president.

Brazil

Fire destroys office block in heart of Sao Paulo

At least one person has died and several others are missing after a 26-floor building in Brazil's largest city caught fire.

World News

Homelessness on the rise in all EU countries — except Finland: report

“This past year has resolutely confirmed the existence of another Europe: a Europe not merely ignored but also misunderstood, not just despised but also forgotten — a Europe of the homeless," says the new report.

World News

How can you help the homeless during Europe’s big freeze?

With Europe gripped by freezing temperatures, we spoke to homeless expert Freek Spinnewijn to find out what you can do to help.

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