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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

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
Social Justice

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
Social Justice

Children’s Commissioner accuses Government of 'bias' against young

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Pandemic poverty puts children at risk of gang exploitation
Social Justice

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
Social Justice

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
Social Justice

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

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