Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in “very deep poverty” – meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, according to analysis. Although overall relative poverty levels have flatlined in recent years at about 21% of the population, life for those below the breadline has got materially worse as they try to subsist on incomes many thousands of pounds beneath the poverty threshold. Continue reading...

The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor Labour’s national executive committee has blocked Andy Burnham’s request to seek selection for the Gorton and Denton byelection, according to Labour sources. The decision is likely to set off a ferocious row with allies of the Greater Manchester mayor. Continue reading...

Michigan Athletics has something rotten at its core.