Child poverty

Campaigners' joy as MPs back bill to raise minimum marriage age to 18 and stop child marriage
Marriage bill could stop child marriage
Marriage bill

Campaigners' joy as MPs back bill to raise minimum marriage age to 18 and stop child marriage

Kitmas campaign will give football shirts to thousands of children in poverty this Christmas
Kitmas founder Paul Watson
Charity

Kitmas campaign will give football shirts to thousands of children in poverty this Christmas

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day
food banks
Food banks

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Child with asthma
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Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

Which children's charities are fighting poverty in the UK?
Three boys stand against a chain link fence
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Which children's charities are fighting poverty in the UK?

Death of the high street: Why can't Dover afford a Big Issue seller?
Darren Roberts sells the Big Issue on the high street in Canterbury
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Death of the high street: Why can't Dover afford a Big Issue seller?

Work or child care? The summer holiday struggle facing parents
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Work or child care? The summer holiday struggle facing parents

Fixing free school meals won't end child poverty, but it's a start
A child eating biscuits. The food banks charity does not expect demand to decrease any time soon, with universal credit set to be cut by £20 per week in September.
Kate Anstey

Fixing free school meals won't end child poverty, but it's a start

Put free school breakfasts in the Budget, urges charity
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Put free school breakfasts in the Budget, urges charity

Children’s Commissioner accuses Government of 'bias' against young
Children in school have been affected by closures and child poverty during the pandemic
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Children’s Commissioner accuses Government of 'bias' against young

Pandemic poverty puts children at risk of gang exploitation
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Pandemic poverty puts children at risk of gang exploitation

We can’t risk digital poverty locking children out of education
a child on a smartphone
Matt Hood

We can’t risk digital poverty locking children out of education

Comedian Mark Watson is planning a 'Kitmas' for kids in poverty
Mark Watson stares into the camera
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Comedian Mark Watson is planning a 'Kitmas' for kids in poverty

This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need
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This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need

Covid-19’s economic storm ‘blowing Scottish child poverty targets off course’
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Covid-19’s economic storm ‘blowing Scottish child poverty targets off course’

Boris Johnson 'incorrect' on child poverty statistics says watchdog
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Boris Johnson 'incorrect' on child poverty statistics says watchdog

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
New C4 doc: meet the children living in poverty that the PM cannot deny
TV

New C4 doc: meet the children living in poverty that the PM cannot deny

Children with working parents growing up in poverty rises 800,000 since 2010
Child poverty
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Children with working parents growing up in poverty rises 800,000 since 2010

Poverty is driving a spike in infant mortality across England
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Poverty is driving a spike in infant mortality across England

Homeless children are being housed in office blocks and shipping containers
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Homeless children are being housed in office blocks and shipping containers