Poverty
Children’s charity The NSPCC has seen an increase in the number of calls from children reporting problems at home since lockdown began. On average, the children’s charity receives contact from a youngster every hour. In one distressing call, a 10-year-old boy told Childline: “We should be allowed back to school now so my step-dad stops hitting mummy.”
There are 600,000 more children living in relative poverty than in 2012.
Ian Diamond says poverty and long-term unemployment will increase mortality.
Labour leader his out as new studies show homeschooling is widening inequalities.
Being a young carer is a pretty invisible role, and an incredibly tough one at the best of times, writes Feylyn Lewis.
Covid-19 is not some great equaliser. As always, it is the most vulnerable who will bear the weight of the pandemic’s most catastrophic consequences, writes Kat Nugent.
Five more deaths have been confirmed in Wales, seven in Northern Ireland and six in Scotland taking the UK total to at least 440. Here's the latest.
Parents on the breadline are not just worried about being able to afford enough food while schools are shut - they're worried about being able to find it, too.
Stockpiling has left us short-handed, and we’re already seeing more people turn to us. But we’re choosing to focus on the acts of kindness we’re seeing too, writes Natalie Williams.
As use of contactless and card payments rockets, chancellor Rishi Sunak is urged to legislate to protect cash in next week's budget for as long as people need it.