Child poverty

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty
child reading a book on a sofa
In-work poverty

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty

Free school meals pupils earn less than their peers - and the gap only widens as they get older
Free school meals

Free school meals pupils earn less than their peers - and the gap only widens as they get older

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis
Summer survival guide/ Image of children playing
Summer survival guide

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis

What is the holiday activities and food programme and how do I sign my child up?
Summer survival guide

What is the holiday activities and food programme and how do I sign my child up?

Half of UK parents can't afford childcare over the summer holidays
childcare/ Picture of mother holding son
Childcare

Half of UK parents can't afford childcare over the summer holidays

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones
Child poverty

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty
Cost of living crisis

The North East has overtaken London as the region with the highest rate of child poverty

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis
Dad on universal credit/ Image of Anthony Lyman
Cost of Living Crisis

Dad on universal credit has gone days without eating so he can feed his children through cost of living crisis

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents
Social mobility

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table
Rishi Sunak posing in front of a sainsbury's, filling an aide's car with petrol
Cost of living crisis

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
children in poverty
child poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children
Alex Firth

'Temporary' accommodation shows the government is failing homeless children

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
Social Justice

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
Social Justice

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
News

Death of the high street: Why can't Dover afford a Big Issue seller?

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

Work or child care? The summer holiday struggle facing parents