Category - Poverty

Disadvantaged young people whose families have used a foodbank are less likely than their more affluent peers to apply for a university place amid affordability concerns, a study has found Read the full article on this...

Poor oral health and failure to gain weight are among a raft of child health issues worsening due to hunger and poor nutrition, a survey of health professionals finds. Read the full article on this link to Children...

More food parcels than ever before were handed out in the past year by the UK’s largest food-bank provider. The Trussell Trust said almost three million had been distributed – 37% more than the previous year...

The two-child limit for UK benefits is now affecting 1.5 million children, with more than a million of them growing up in poverty, a campaign group has said in a report into what it termed “this nastiest of policies”...