Updated on 25 Apr 2018
BERLIN (Reuters) - Companies and governments have pledged to tackle poverty, deforestation and human rights abuses in the cocoa supply chain, ... Yet, as a sharp surge in production last season drove prices to their lowest in more than nine years, this approach to alleviating poverty came under fire ... Read in full
Updated on 25 Apr 2018
The government scheme hands funding directly to schools and headteachers to spend on initiatives aimed at closing the poverty-related attainment gap, with £120 million distributed in 2017/18. Eileen Prior, chief executive of the charity Connect, which encourages parental engagement in education, ... Read in full
Updated on 25 Apr 2018
CHILDREN living in poverty in East Renfrewshire are more than twice as likely to excel in exams compared to children in other areas of the country. Data collected by research and development charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that more than half of pupils from deprived backgrounds ... Read in full
