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...
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...
Charities say they ‘cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty’ without government support
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The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has published an evidence review examining the relationship between poverty and children’s involvement in crime and violence. Focusing on studies from the UK and similar countries, the...
The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds receiving government-funded childcare fell below 100,000 this year to the lowest level on record.
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A think-tank is warning of an “inequality crisis” in early child development after research found continued widening in the attainment gap between disadvantaged five-year-olds and their more affluent peers. Read the...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on children’s experiences of living in poverty. The Commissioner heard from 128 children between January and March 2025. discussing the impact of...
“Deeply moving” interviews with children revealing “Dickensian levels” of poverty have been published by the Children’s Commissioner for England.
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Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap
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Doctors are calling for action to improve air quality for 1.5 million children living in “unsafe, substandard homes” in areas of disadvantage. This is leaving children at greater risk of developing health problems...
Nurseries are limiting the number of government-funded hours they offer to offset cost hikes, impacting disadvantaged families, a poll has revealed.
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Child poverty campaigners have welcomed the government’s decision to extend eligibility for free school meals to half a million more children next year. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
Early help spending on children aged four and under has halved since 2010 – with money instead being diverted to urgent and crisis support, such as taking children into care, research has found. While public...
