The Department for Work & Pensions has published reports on the number of children living in low income families from 2014 to 2020 and the number and percentage of children in low income households from 1995 to 2020 in England. The figures show...
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One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals
Many people claiming universal credit for the first time during the pandemic were unable to put aside enough cash to save £10 a month, eat healthily or regularly, or pay bills because the benefit payment was inadequate to meet basic living costs, a...
Lords to examine ‘Increasing lack of support’ for vulnerable children
A new inquiry by the House of Lords aims to find ways public services can improve the support they offer vulnerable children and their families, it has been announced. The inquiry is being launched amid concerns that challenges facing vulnerable...
Book review: Poverty (second edition) Ruth Lister
The last year has firmly put poverty back on the political agenda. As the pandemic and lockdown swept across the UK it was abundantly clear, that whilst we might all be in the same sea, we had very different boats. Which is why the second edition of...
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The poisonously patronising Sewell report is historically illiterate
Since its publication, the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has been denounced as “divorced from reality” by public health experts. Dame Doreen Lawrence has warned that it risks pushing the fight against racism “back 20 years...
No 10’s race report widely condemned as ‘divisive’
A landmark report on racial disparity has been widely condemned by MPs, unions, and equality campaigners as “divisive” and a missed opportunity for systematic change. Critics said the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities had...
Calls or ‘urgent reform’ of services to protect young children and babies
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for “urgent reform” of child protection and early help services for young children and babies, researchers have said. Latest government data reveals that incidents involving the death or serious harm of...
Children in social care
The Department for Education (DfE) has published figures on outcomes for children in need including children looked after by local authorities in England. The findings, which cover the year ending 31 March 2020, include: 48.3% of children in need...
UK schools record more than 60,000 racist incidents in five years
UK schools recorded more than 60,000 racist incidents in the past five years, the Guardian has found, as experts accused the government of failing to meet “basic safeguarding” measures by hiding the true scale of the problem. Read th full article on...
Andrea Leadsom’s plan for children ignores the impact of poverty
As the first head of Sure Start I know low-income families face severe challenges. Yet the government review overlooks this. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share...
