Child poverty

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays
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Cost of living crisis

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap during the Easter holidays, as families face the cost of living crisis
Two-child limit on benefits is cruel and unfair. Politicians must rethink ahead of general election
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Martin O'Neill

Two-child limit on benefits is cruel and unfair. Politicians must rethink ahead of general election

More than 700,000 children plunged into poverty since Tories came to power: 'We're going backwards'
Child poverty

More than 700,000 children plunged into poverty since Tories came to power: 'We're going backwards'

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give
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Child poverty

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give

UK is 'failing' children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at 'alarming' rate
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Child poverty

UK is 'failing' children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at 'alarming' rate

Mum fears telling DWP she's pregnant due to 'cruel' two-child benefit cap: 'Bills are just too much'
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Benefits

Mum fears telling DWP she's pregnant due to 'cruel' two-child benefit cap: 'Bills are just too much'

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?
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Childcare

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?

How UK's two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to 'breaking point'
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Child poverty

How UK's two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to 'breaking point'

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit
Childcare

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit

Parents can now apply for 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here's how
free childcare
Cost of living crisis

Parents can now apply for 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here's how

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money
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Carolyne Willow

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money

'Poverty is killing children': How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
poverty christmas
Cost of living crisis

'Poverty is killing children': How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas

All the ways the government's childcare plans will help richer parents and hurt the poor
30 hours free childcare
Childcare

All the ways the government's childcare plans will help richer parents and hurt the poor

We grilled new children's minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn't go well
children's minister
Exclusive

We grilled new children's minister about UK kids living in destitution. It didn't go well

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows
food banks
Cost of living crisis

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis
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Child poverty

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis

One million UK children experienced 'horrifying levels of destitution' last year, study finds
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Child poverty

One million UK children experienced 'horrifying levels of destitution' last year, study finds

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children 'too hungry to learn'
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Child poverty

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children 'too hungry to learn'

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all
Free school meals

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all

Can I get a school uniform grant? And where to find cheap school uniforms for your children
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Summer survival guide

Can I get a school uniform grant? And where to find cheap school uniforms for your children

Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis
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Summer survival guide

Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?
Labour

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

How to donate old school uniforms to help others in the cost of living crisis
School holidays

How to donate old school uniforms to help others in the cost of living crisis