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What can we do about poverty? First, stop blaming people for being poor
As more people wind up in dire need, they will realise that being on the breadline isn’t the result of their individual failings This article is part of a new series, the heat or eat diaries: dispatches from the...
Infant free school meals uplift branded ‘inadequate’
Campaigners have branded an uplift in funding for universal infant free school meals “inadequate”, saying funding announced by the Department for Education amounts to just 7p per pupil for each meal. Education...
Rising child poverty linked to 10,000 more children in care
Rising poverty may be contributing to thousands more children going into care in England, research suggests. The University of Liverpool study links a rise in child poverty to more than 10,000 extra children being taken...
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Improved mental health for children who play well with peers by age three
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