Category - Poverty

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...

The end of the temporary uplift in Universal Credit (UC) benefits next month will hit young people the hardest, according to analysis by Centrepoint.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now

A group of young people have been appointed by Magic Breakfast to campaign and lobby politicians on food poverty issues.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now

The £20-a-week cut to universal credit in October will leave out-of-work families with children barely half the income needed to achieve a socially-acceptable basic standard of living, according to new research. Read the full article on this link...

More than a million children from households in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are living in poverty, according to new research published by the TUC.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

King’s Fund warns tackling inequality is vital to reverse increasing obesity in deprived areas – damaging life chances particularly for women and children
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

Boris Johnson’s post-Covid levelling-up agenda will fail unless it addresses declining life expectancy and deteriorating social conditions in England’s poorest areas, a leading authority on public health has warned as he published figures showing...