BBC video clips:
Pensioner poverty unacceptable - Some two million pensioners in the UK are living in poverty, a figure MPs say is unacceptable. Although the figure has dropped by a third since 1997, the Work and Pensions Select Committee says more needs to be done.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8175850.stm
Bill aims to cut child poverty - Efforts to wipe out child poverty in the UK are going to be enshrined in law, under new plans from the government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8096484.stm
Call for action to help UK's poor - Charities want the government to take steps to help people in need ahead of the Budget in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7989128.stm
Call for action to help UK's poor - Charities want the government to take steps to help people in need ahead of the Budget in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7989128.stm
'Millions' of UK young in poverty - Millions of children in Britain are living in - or on the brink of - poverty, a report by a group of charities says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7643424.stm
UK poverty levels on the rise - The number of pensioners and children living in poverty has risen, a government report shows.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7446535.stm
Cartoons tell of kids' poverty - Over 3.4 million children are reportedly living below the poverty line in the UK and more than a million are in poor housing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6190000/newsid_6198200/6198230.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=6198230&bbcws=1
