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Northern Ireland's lowest earning households have just £52 per week after bills
The tracker found Northern Ireland's lowest earning households have seen their discretionary income fall by 20% since the ...
Gordon Lyons vows to be the first minister to deliver an anti-poverty strategy for NI
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has vowed to be the first minister to deliver an anti-poverty strategy for Northern Ireland ...
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62,000 children in Northern Ireland face hunger and hardship: We need to turn words into action
The MLA who spoke these words was Sian Mulholland of Alliance. She was introducing a motion which stated that the Assembly ...
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Northern Ireland free school meals reform needed as many children in poverty not eligible
The most recent government poverty statistics show that one in four children (25%) are currently living in poverty, meaning ...
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Northern Ireland Government Taken to Court Over Anti-Poverty Strategy Delay
Northern Ireland Government Taken to Court Over Anti-Poverty Strategy Delay By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - A human rights organisation is taking legal action against Northern Ireland's ...
Map lays bare UK’s poverty crisis with HALF of kids living below breadline in hardest-hit areas – where does YOURS rank?
A MAP has laid bare the UK’s poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas. The ...
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Judgment reserved in anti-poverty strategy challenge
Judgment has been reserved in a legal challenge brought against Stormont for "failing to adopt" an anti-poverty strategy for ...
‘Energy plans will force NI people into fuel poverty,’ says DUP MP
Sammy Wilson has warned Stormont ministers that Government policy to replace the use of fossil fuels with renewably-sourced ...
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Child poverty higher in Northern Ireland than Republic, report shows
Child income poverty has fluctuated more in the North than in the Republic of Ireland, according to a report. The income poverty rate means a child who is living in a household with a disposable ...
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Northern Ireland government taken to court over anti-poverty strategy delay
According to government data published last year, 19% of Northern Ireland's population live in relative poverty, albeit still below the 21% United Kingdom average. But separate research has shown ...