Category - Poverty

New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has committed to a cross-government focus on tackling child poverty. Phillipson told local authority leaders through a video message at the Association of Directors Children’s...

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029. The...

The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

More than a quarter of a million social rent homes in England have been lost in the last decade, according to analysis of government statistics. Between April 2013 and April 2023, the number of social housing homes...

More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns. The figure reduces to 62% in secondary schools, according to a new report...