Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for the “total abolition” of the two-child benefit cap, putting pressure on ministers to do more to tackle the “scar” of child poverty in Britain.

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About 38% of children in London live in relative poverty, compared with 27% in the UK as a whole ...

Muhammadu Buhari’s 100-million pledge was made in a country that had already demonstrated its ability to spend trillions on poverty rhetoric while poverty deepened. Halfway through Buhari’s promise, ...

An aerial view of the California State Capitol. The California Supreme Court in People v. Kopp requires courts to consider ability to pay, limiting fines and fees to prevent court debt from deepening ...