uk child poverty

Campaigners Demand Labour Scrap 'Cruel' Two-Child Benefit Cap As Thousands More Affected

"Ultimately, the cost is far greater than the money it saves".
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'It's Not Working, Minister': Kay Burley Slams Senior Tory Over Million Kids In Destitution

A damning report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows the extent of poverty in the UK.
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Half A Million Children Will Fall Into Poverty Next Year, Think Tank Says

The Resolution Foundation said Rishi Sunak had failed to tackle the cost of living crisis in his spring statement.
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Marcus Rashford 'Doing Government's Work For Them' Over Food Voucher Take Up

Tories accused of having 'no strategy' to tackle child poverty after footballer promotes food voucher scheme with lagging registrations
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Labour's Wes Streeting Returns To Frontline Politics After Cancer All-Clear

Shadow child poverty minister back on frontbench duty
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Boris Johnson Warned By Statistics Watchdog Over Child Poverty Claim

PMQs claim failed to reflect rising numbers of children in 'relative poverty'.
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Huge Rise In Child Poverty Despite Boris Johnson's 'Levelling Up' Agenda

Study shows 4.3 million children were living in poverty in 2019-2020 and that rates in north east England saw biggest increase.
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These Figures Show Just How Wrong Boris Johnson Was About Poverty Before The Pandemic

The number of children living in relative poverty was at a record high in the months before Covid hit Britain, figures have revealed.
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Children Without Laptops Or Space To Learn At Home Can Attend School, Says Government

A leading child poverty charity has slammed the plan, saying it "trades off education with health inequalities".
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All The Places That Have Banned Tory MPs For Voting Against Free School Meals

"I would like it known that abstainer Stephen Crabb and Simon Hart, who voted in support of allowing children to starve, are barred for life from The Globe."
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