Nearly one in four households with under-fives ‘in food poverty’

Nearly a quarter of households with children under five are experiencing food poverty, rising to one in two among single-parent families, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think...

Child welfare

The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...

About 400,000 UK children supported by baby banks, up 11% on previous year

Charities say they ‘cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty’ without government support
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Category - Poverty

‘We can’t keep up’

Leicestershire Cares has today published the findings of a rapid assessment of the impact that the cost of living crisis is having on vulnerable young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Children and...

Child poverty

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have published a briefing looking at the impact of the benefit cap, which limits the amount of social security that households can receive, on families in the UK. Findings include that...

Fuel poverty

The Institute of Health Equity has published its third review of fuel poverty and cold homes in the UK. The report sets out the health impacts of living in fuel poverty on children and young people. Findings from a...