Poverty

Kate Osborne MP has launched a poetry competition to mark the 90th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade, also known as the Jarrow March.

Guided tour set to delve into the history of the Jarrow Crusade

Chris Ramsey and Jason Cook during a skit as security guards during the 2024 Laffs4Kids show at the Utilita Arena, in Newcastle.

Comedian to bring popular charity shows back to the O2 City Hall

Supporters of national Carers Week next to the Spirit of Jarrow sculpture before setting off on their 'march'.

Marchers use spirit of Jarrow Crusade to support unpaid carers

Dentaid mobile unit and a volunteer dental nurse.

New South Tyneside dental hub aims to bridge health inequality gap

An awards ceremony for a poetry competition which commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Jarrow March was held at Hebburn Town FC on Thursday, May 21.

Winners revealed for the Jarrow March anniversary poetry competition

Scrapping the two child benefit cap could lift thousands of North East children out of poverty.

Impact of MP's vote to scrap child benefit cap on North East families

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street, in central London on November 26, 2025, to present the government's annual Budget to Parliament

'We're keeping our promise to cut energy bills and ease living costs'

Dionne Moy, director of The Rise of She, with Simone Liscombe, general manager of The Gym Group.

Period poverty is rising so we’re looking to put an end to it

Lea Manor school in Luton will have uniforms donated by easyJet.

easyJet is turning thousands of old crew outfits into school uniforms

YMCA North Tyneside

North Tyneside charity offering a lifeline in uncertain times

Ruth Parker, CEO of Emmaus North East, (centre) with the charity's team members.

Charity leader set to raise awareness for homelessness and poverty

South Shields Town Hall

We urgently need to improve 'alarmingly low' wages in the North East

Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields MP, questioned the Prime Minister

South Shields MP calls on PM to scrap 'cruel' 2 child benefit cap asap

A statue has been unveiled as part of a campaign to highlight the issue of pensioner poverty this winter.

'Freezing and forgotten': Ice sculpture leads winter fuel cuts plea

Jason Cook hosted Laffs4Kids 2024 at Newcastle's 2024 Utilita Arena on Sunday, December 15.

Four comedians help collect almost 25,000 gifts for children

Santander X UK Awards 2024 first prize winners Anushka Mahesh, Sarah Bailey, Aurusha Kharas and Tom Scrope

Entrepreneurs win award for tackling period poverty with £4 underwear
A group of young female entrepreneurs who are tackling period poverty with underwear that costs just £4 have won a prestigious business award.
Richard Jenkins

Trussell ambassadors Levi Roots and Mark Hoyle (LadBaby) meet with Trussell Chief Executive Emma Revie outside Parliament

Celebrities are calling for more government action on hunger in the UK

Amazon's Toy Train will be donating hundreds of toys to families in need across the UK in the lead-up to Christmas

Amazon reveals this year’s Top 10 Toys for Christmas

Leader of South Tyneside Council, Councillor Tracey Dixon is pictured with Yacub Ahmed, of South Tyneside Youth Parliament.

South Tyneside's bold plan to eradicate child poverty

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields, is calling for proper scrutiny of assisted dying Private Members Bill.

'Assisted death' needs proper scrutiny to avoid 'dangerous path'

Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Watch: Keir Starmer addresses reason for cuts to winter fuel allowance

Kate Osborne in the Houses of Parliament.

Kate Osborne: Why this government is already 'delivering change'

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness with community leaders in South Tyneside following public disorder in August.

North East mayor makes South Shields poverty funding reveal

The sixth annual Walk of HOPE is set to take place on Saturday, September 21.

Walk of HOPE returns to raise awareness of suicide prevention

North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness. Photo: NECA.

North East Mayor insists she won't back down on poverty pledge

HAPPIER COUPLE: Win comes after wedding and honeymoon lottery win

Serial North East lottery win couple net £333k in latest draw prize
A North East newly-wed couple won a third of a million pounds on People’s Postcode Lottery - and revealed they almost stopped playing after a previous win eight years ago.
Liam Kennedy

Christina can’t believe amount on cheque presented by ambassador Danyl Johnson

'Change our lives' - North East couple land jackpot lottery win

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Emma Lewell-Buck, the MP for South Shields in the House of Commons. Mrs Lewell-Buck raised the issue of child poverty to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during PMQs. Photo: Parliamentlive.tv.

South Shields MP brings up child poverty issues in Parliament

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields. Photo: Other 3rd Party.

Children in the North East at greater risk of entering care

Documentary honours South Shields-born photographer Tish Murtha

Angela Rayner travelled to the North East to launch Labour and Kim McGuinness' campaign to become the first North East Mayor.

Angela Rayner launches Kim McGuinness' North East Mayor campaign

Love, Amelia helped over 1,000 children last Christmas.

North East charity Love, Amelia launch urgent Christmas appeal

CEO Peter Maloney (middle) with team members Joe and Johnny showcasing a typical food parcel
Credit: Wayne Madden of Hospitality and Hope

Charity appeal for donations in the run-up to a busy festive period

The Key to Life Foodbank has launched its Christmas appeal for 2023.

South Tyneside’s Key to Life Foodbank launches its Christmas appeal

Cllr Dean is pictured with Laura Liddell

South Tyneside Council aim to tackle poverty with new appointment

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

51,000 more North East children pulled into poverty since 2015

Kim McGuinness: Cost of living worse than Covid for community groups

South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck plans to tackle child poverty

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street to present his spring budget to parliament. He is doing nothing to help our community, says Kate.

KATE OSBORNE: Only a Labour Government will fix the mess the Tories have made of...

Does Rishi Sunak even know the price of a pint of milk? Photo credit: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

KATE OSBORNE MP: Does Prime Minister Rishi Sunak even know the cost of a pint of...

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

"Rishi Sunak - a Prime Minister who is twice as rich as the king - will continue to make decisions that benefit the wealthy at the expense of our communities."

KATE OSBORNE: Poverty is a political choice that Sunak will continue to make

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

There are concerns over the issue of childhood obesity in South Tyneside.

Childhood obesity 'a tough nut to crack' in South Tyneside

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

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