Poverty

Free Christmas Day dinners for homeless and lonely

Schools 'now the fourth emergency service' Video, 00:01:15Schools 'now the fourth emergency service'

Plans for new debt advice service for Scotland

Making it Christmas for children in poverty. Video, 00:02:33Making it Christmas for children in poverty

A school looking after its children – and their families

How to help if you see a sick homeless person

The estranged students homeless in the holidays

Hong Kong's cardboard-collecting grannies. Video, 00:03:05Hong Kong's cardboard-collecting grannies

'Santa doesn’t mind if you’re rich or poor' Video, 00:02:30'Santa doesn’t mind if you’re rich or poor'

BBC Scotland leaders TV debate fact-checked

Obesity inequality gap grows for Scottish children

The US city giving away free money. Video, 00:02:10The US city giving away free money

'Don't forget about rural communities' Video, 00:02:39'Don't forget about rural communities'

'Poor children lose out on exercise'

Who do you vote for if your cupboards are empty? Video, 00:04:37Who do you vote for if your cupboards are empty?

Syphilis increase prompts advice campaign

How deprived is the area where you live?

Poor GCSE passes for one in eight teens, figures show

'Don't criticise us, come and see us' Video, 00:05:15'Don't criticise us, come and see us'

Child poverty 'will rise' under Tory plans

Fighting poverty with flowers, food and fun

'We're not scum because we're from a council estate'

The lives of Indian sanitation workers