Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?
Keir Starmer speaking to families at a community centre.
Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?

Labour's child poverty strategy has finally been released. It is estimated that it will lift half a million children out of poverty, mostly down to the end of the two-child limit on benefits
Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy
Save the Children projected stark child poverty statistics onto the Houses of Parliament
Child poverty

Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy

Labour’s child poverty strategy under fire over 'deeply concerning' lack of legal targets
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
child poverty strategy

Labour’s child poverty strategy under fire over 'deeply concerning' lack of legal targets

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour's child poverty strategy

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour's new strategy: 'This is a moral mission'
Child poverty

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour's new strategy: 'This is a moral mission'

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Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'
Homelessness minister Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern

Homelessness minister Alison McGovern: 'Labour will stop homeless kids growing up in B&Bs'

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
baby being bottle fed
Child poverty

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
A stock image of a mother and two children. Image: Unsplash
Thea Jaffe

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further

What could – and should – be in Labour's long-awaited child poverty strategy?
Keir Starmer alongside school children on the day he announced the expansion of free school meals.
Child poverty

What could – and should – be in Labour's long-awaited child poverty strategy?

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Child poverty

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?

'Benefits Street' is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK
Joseph Howes

'Benefits Street' is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her 2025 autumn budget
Autumn budget

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money

'Landmark moment': Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
Autumn budget

'Landmark moment': Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty

Child hunger is a 'damning indictment' of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu
Child hunger

Child hunger is a 'damning indictment' of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu

Scottish minister remains 'concerned' Labour's child poverty strategy will lack impact
Scottish social justice minister Shirley-Anne Somerville on the day she announced Scotland would mitigate the two-child limit.
Child poverty

Scottish minister remains 'concerned' Labour's child poverty strategy will lack impact

Families have hope for the first time this budget. Anything other than bold moves will let them down
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hosting the child poverty taskforce on 12 November.
Moazzam Malik

Families have hope for the first time this budget. Anything other than bold moves will let them down

The two-child benefit cap inflicts suffering on the UK's children. Labour must scrap it
Sam Richards and her son
Sam Richards

The two-child benefit cap inflicts suffering on the UK's children. Labour must scrap it

I'm a working mum earning a decent salary – but the two-child limit on benefits hits my family too
Thea Jaffe alongside her three kids.
Thea Jaffe

I'm a working mum earning a decent salary – but the two-child limit on benefits hits my family too

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution
clare bowen
Clare Bowen

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution

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After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel
Georgia Sullivan

After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat

How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped where you live?
map of united kingdom and ireland
Child poverty

How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped where you live?

'I'd be stuck without it': Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens
Family hubs

'I'd be stuck without it': Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens