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...

August 12, 2026

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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...

August 6, 2026

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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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June 24, 2026

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UK free school meal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Free school meal allowances are not enough for students from lower-income backgrounds to buy healthy school lunches, research suggests. The study, presented at the European Congress of Obesity (ECO), involved 42 pupils...

May 16, 2024

News Poverty

Children of austerity need a rescue plan, Gordon Brown says

Gordon Brown has called for a rescue plan for “austerity’s children” – a generation of more than 3 million UK young people born after 2010 from low-income families who “have never known what it is like to be free of...

May 14, 2024

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Homelessness jumps 16% in England, laying bare scale of housing crisis

The number of people being made homeless jumped by 16% in the final three months of last year, according to the latest government figures, which laid bare the scale of the country’s housing crisis. Read the full story...

April 30, 2024

Early Years News Poverty

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns that the government’s extension of early years entitlement for working families will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. Read the...

April 25, 2024

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GCSE results for disadvantaged children ‘greatly improved by Sure Start’

Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found...

April 11, 2024

Poverty

Disadvantage and child welfare

Nesta has published a report looking at gaps between disadvantaged children and their peers in England. The report looks at the impact of the home environment, including the quality of the parent-child relationship, as...

April 9, 2024

Poverty

You’ve heard stories of poverty in Britain. Now here’s the irrefutable evidence of a society failing its poorest

Ministers boast of lifting families from ‘absolute poverty’ but figures show even that’s getting worse. The safety net has been shredded.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

March 21, 2024

News Poverty

Nearly fifth of UK in absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis

Government accused of failing to protect low-income households as 300,000 more children entered poverty in 2022-23. The UK’s poorest families have borne the brunt of the cost of living crisis, according to latest...

March 21, 2024

News Poverty

Unhealthiest UK restaurants and takeaways ‘more likely to be found in deprived areas’

Restaurants and takeaways with the unhealthiest menus are more likely to be found in deprived areas, while tourists hotspots such as Westminster have the healthiest food outlets, research suggests. The study from the...

March 8, 2024

Marginalised & Excluded News Poverty

Temporary housing ‘a factor in 55 child deaths in England since 2019’

Temporary accommodation has contributed to the deaths of dozens of babies in England, according to investigations into child deaths over a four-year period. In figures that MPs and the government called “shocking”...

March 5, 2024

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

Child welfare

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

Category - Poverty

UK free school meal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Children of austerity need a rescue plan, Gordon Brown says

Homelessness jumps 16% in England, laying bare scale of housing crisis

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

GCSE results for disadvantaged children ‘greatly improved by Sure Start’

Disadvantage and child welfare

You’ve heard stories of poverty in Britain. Now here’s the irrefutable evidence of a society failing its poorest

Nearly fifth of UK in absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis

Unhealthiest UK restaurants and takeaways ‘more likely to be found in deprived areas’

Temporary housing ‘a factor in 55 child deaths in England since 2019’

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