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Britain's Hidden Hunger: The Crisis of Child Poverty in the UK

While Parliament Debates, Children Go to Bed Hungry. In 2025, the UK faces a moral emergency: 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs, a figure projected to rise to 4.8 ...
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Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty?

London (CNN) — Thea Jaffe never expected to use a baby bank. In fact, she was responsible for referring other single parents from her local community group to the charity Little Village, which ...

The four changes that MUST be made to get thousands of children out of poverty in Scotland

TODAY the Scottish Government announces its budget. Hard-working Scots will be waiting with bated breath to see what’s in ...
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Gordon Brown to issue warning on ‘shameful epidemic’ of child poverty in Britain

Gordon Brown is set to issue a stark warning that child poverty represents both the UK's most significant social division and its greatest long-term economic threat. The former Labour leader is also ...
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‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty

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 ...