13.3 million Germans face poverty
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Germany’s Federal Statistical Office said 13.3 million people — 16.1% of the population — were at risk of poverty in 2025, prompting political debate and criticism of recent statistical changes.
Reposted by Mary Corcoran
Half a million children will be pushed back into poverty.
For maybe 5p off a pint.
What a shitty thing to do…
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
For maybe 5p off a pint.
What a shitty thing to do…
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Nigel Farage wants to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to reinstate the two-child limit on benefits to pay for a 5p cut off pints of beer to boost pubs.
www.bigissue.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Half a million children will be pushed back into poverty.
For maybe 5p off a pint.
What a shitty thing to do…
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
For maybe 5p off a pint.
What a shitty thing to do…
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
by Linda Yueh
2/ Although nearly all advanced economies had per capita incomes exceeding their 2019 levels by the end of 2025, one in four EMDEs had per capita incomes still below pre-pandemic levels.
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
2/ Although nearly all advanced economies had per capita incomes exceeding their 2019 levels by the end of 2025, one in four EMDEs had per capita incomes still below pre-pandemic levels.
by Terence Wood
Useful from @cgdev.org on problems with poverty measures: www.cgdev.org/blog/what-do...
What Do We Want Out of Poverty Measures?
Three recent papers make the point that we need higher standards and more gradation in our views of global poverty than the World Bank’s extreme poverty line (now set at $3.00) allows, and suggest sol...
www.cgdev.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Useful from @cgdev.org on problems with poverty measures: www.cgdev.org/blog/what-do...
by Terence Wood
Oh - URL: www.cgdev.org/blog/what-do...
What Do We Want Out of Poverty Measures?
Three recent papers make the point that we need higher standards and more gradation in our views of global poverty than the World Bank’s extreme poverty line (now set at $3.00) allows, and suggest sol...
www.cgdev.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Oh - URL: www.cgdev.org/blog/what-do...
Reposted by Mary James
Politicians tell us they can fix poverty with economic growth, or labour market reforms, or easy money.
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...
The UK is a rich country built on mass poverty
Record levels of very deep poverty expose the true cost of austerity, inflation and the concentration of power at the top.
graceblakeley.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Politicians tell us they can fix poverty with economic growth, or labour market reforms, or easy money.
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...