Financial writer Tim Harford, author of the new book The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, says the poverty line for a single American in 2012 was $30.52 per day. But Harford, talking with NPR's ...

We break down exactly how the end to the two-child limit on benefits will impact low-income households in the UK.

As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing ...

UNISON had three big demands for this budget. Policy officer Anna Birley asks: how did the government measure up?

For one San Diego woman, it’s losing the government benefits that helped feed her family because she got a $1 an hour raise. For another, it’s feeling like you’re not quite drowning, but always ...

Some charities claim that this move could see hundreds of millions of pounds injected into the poorest areas of the Midlands.