The number of children using Sure Start children’s centres in the most deprived areas of England has fallen by more than a fifth, driven by austerity cuts, new research has found. Action for Children’s Closed Doors report found that...
Sure Start shown to bring health benefits to poorest children
Sure Start children’s centres substantially benefit the health of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, closing the gap in hospital admission rates between the poorest and richest areas by half, research has found. A study by the Institute...
‘Nearly half’ of UK children in poverty by 2021, UN expert warns
Nearly one in two of the UK’s children will be living in poverty by 2021 if the government remains in denial about the impact of cuts, predicts a United Nations report published today. In his damning report on extreme poverty and human rights...
New ranking reveals corporate tax havens behind breakdown of global corporate tax system; toll of UK’s tax war exposed
Researchers call for new tax rules to “tax corporations where employees work, not where ledgers hide” Decades of tax wars among the world’s richest countries are unravelling the century-old global corporate tax system, new research finds. Forty per...
Number of children housed in B&Bs rises 18 per cent
The number of households with children living in bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation in England rose by 18 per cent in the last year, according to official statistics. Figures released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
Food poverty
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a report on food poverty in families with children in the UK. Findings include: The Trussell Trust foodbanks gave out 1.33 million emergency three-day supplies of food in the calendar year 2017/18...
