All news on the topic: Child Poverty

Keir Starmer has used a series of new workers rights that come into force on Monday to attack the Green party, saying a vote for Labour’s rivals puts such progress on sick pay.

Rachel Reeves plans to completely remove the two-child benefit cap in the November budget, a move that could cost over £3bn but lift 350,000 children out of poverty.

Ministers are exploring options to reduce child poverty without completely eliminating the rule.

The group of women ended their five-day hunger strike today but have vowed to step up the campaign against deepening food insecurity

Researcher David Clarke has given away £100,000 in inheritance money by picking twelve strangers at random and letting them how decide how the cash should be spent.

The use of foodbanks has rocketed and more and more families are becoming homeless, statistics suggest, and campaigners have demanded for change to finally happen

A study by the Education Policy Institute think tank today lays bare the gulf between kids from different backgrounds, including how poorer children are more than 18 months behind wealthier pals

The tear-jerking letter from the 10-year-old schoolgirl sees her tell Father Christmas to "get better soon" after being told by her parents that he won't be able to deliver presents

Some 4.2 million children are in households that have no spare cash, with parents feeling cost-of-living pressures over Christmas - as the Chancellor is called upon to take action

Tackling poverty and hunger in your community can begin with a trip to your local Post Office

Britain’s biggest foodbank network, the Trussell Trust, has given out a record 1.5million emergency parcels in just six months, and warned winter will get even worse

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of children in extreme poverty has almost tripled to more than one million with many struggling to get the food they need

It comes as figures show a whopping £19 billion worth of benefits go unclaimed each year across the UK - as many don't realise what they are entitled to

Loose Women star Denise Welch is launching a new campaign with the Sunday Mirror and charity Children North East to stop child poverty, Hope Not Hunger

The Independent Food Aid Network has revealed the findings of its latest survey showing how charities fear for the coming months as donations plummet and stocks run out

A charity which is dedicated to helping children and young people who have experienced financial hardship says three in five are at risk of falling behind

Scottish National Party MP Chris Stephens will outline plans to make them redundant by the end of the decade, after the Trussell Trust reported record demand

Fareshare has written a letter, signed by 1,020 organisations, to Rishi Sunak telling the Conservative leader: “The UK has a hunger crisis and your Government is absent"

The grim revelation came from the Citizens Advice charity, which called on the Government to widen new legislation to include private rental properties in its crackdown on substandard homes

Children’s charity Buttle UK spoke to 1,000 health and care workers who look after 60,000 youngsters. Charity chief Joseph Howes says the situation for at-risk children is getting 'progressively worse'

A 'baby bank' in London is helping desperate parents who cannot afford basic necessities for their children including nappies, clothes and toys. Volunteers expect 2023 to be even busier than 2022