Thousands of children will go hungry this Christmas, as the UK continues to struggle through the worst poverty rates in decades.
Will the next decade see the world turn its attention to providing the support African nations require to build the infrastructure and institutions needed to lift their citizens out of poverty?
A government-commissioned report has warned that the decade 2010-2020 could mark a watershed moment where the general rise in living standards do not reach the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
Scotland’s most populous city, Glasgow, offers the lowest life expectancy in the UK for both men and women, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
After 12 years under the guidance of Mayor and business mogul Michael Bloomberg, the biggest city in the United States is itself a tale of two cities. On the one hand, New York is more gentrified and safer than ever as previous no-go areas in Brooklyn and Harlem have been transformed into playgrounds for students and young professionals. On the other hand, skyrocketing housing prices and the 2008 financial meltdown has sent more of the city’s poor to the streets than ever before.