Despite Conservative claims to have reduced childhood deprivation, the burden on taxpayers has soared over the past eight years
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Cutting universal credit by £20 a week is an “unconscionable” move that breaches international human rights law and is likely to trigger an explosion of poverty, the United Nations’ poverty envoy has said...
Low-income parents and those on universal credit are resorting to using food banks as a result of the high costs of childcare, according to a landmark UK survey shared with the Guardian. As MPs debated the...
Despite Conservative claims to have reduced childhood deprivation, the burden on taxpayers has soared over the past eight years
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
Cutting universal credit by £20 a week is an “unconscionable” move that breaches international human rights law and is likely to trigger an explosion of poverty, the United Nations’ poverty envoy has said. Read the full article on this link to The...
Low-income parents and those on universal credit are resorting to using food banks as a result of the high costs of childcare, according to a landmark UK survey shared with the Guardian. As MPs debated the cost and availability of childcare in...
Scrapping the £1,000-a-year boost to universal credit next month will trigger mental illness and poorer health for thousands of people, and hit the sickest areas of the UK hardest, new research suggests. Read the full article on this link to The...
More than one million children living in poverty across the UK are missing out on free school meals due to eligibility criteria, a report warns. The research from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Covid Realities shows that 36 per cent of all...
Spending per pupil is forecast to be one to two per cent lower than 2009/10 levels by 2022/23, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns, despite the government ploughing £7bn into education to aid recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the extra...
Difficulty accessing early years provision has left more than a quarter of parents with under-fives struggling to balance work and childcare with those in deprived areas disproportionately affected, a study has found. Read the full article on this...
The UK’s most deprived areas have more than 10 times the number of betting shops than the most affluent parts of the country, research shows. Gambling venues are concentrated in the most deprived areas of Britain, against the wishes of people who...
The government’s policy around funded childcare for working parents has been criticised over leaving the poorest children in England effectively “locked out” of early education opportunities. Read the full article on this link to Children &...
Children from disadvantaged families in England are missing out on early years education because their parents are not in work or do not earn enough, contributing to a widening gap between the poorest children and their peers before they even start...
