Britain’s ‘poorest still getting poorer’ as Labour urged to act on ‘record high’ levels of poverty - Poverty will remain ...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said 6.8 million people were living in very deep poverty in the year to March 2024.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’ ...

With over 4.5 million children living in poverty, the UK faces a growing crisis that affects not just basic needs but the mental well-being and future opportunities of its youngest citizens. As of ...

Figures from the Department of State and Pensions (DWP) show 25 percent of children in the UK in 2022-23 were living in absolute poverty, up from 23.8 percent the previous year. This is the largest ...

A new charity aimed at tackling bed poverty among children has just delivered its first beds to families in need. Rise and ...

Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live in poverty. While the government announced a Child Poverty Taskforce to ...

TODAY the Scottish Government announces its budget. Hard-working Scots will be waiting with bated breath to see what’s in ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data. A Sept. 11 post, opens new tab titled “Child ...

Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group chief executive, delivers a sharp, urgent call for Scotland to treat affordable housing as the ...

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...