The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on child in need plans, exploring the content of the plans and the support offered to families on them. Drawing on data from a sample of child in need...
Child poverty
The Government has published a policy paper laying out a framework for the development of a UK-wide child poverty strategy. Key areas the strategy will focus on include increasing family incomes; reducing costs of...
Government publishes first details of 10-year child poverty strategy
In its Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy report, the Cabinet Office highlights that in 2022/23, 800,000 children were living in a household using a food bank within the past 12 months and three million...
Persistently low access to childcare blighting poorer areas, Ofsted warns
Families in disadvantaged areas are the most likely to have struggled to access childcare “persistently” over the last four years, a report by Ofsted is warning. Read the full article on this link...
Empty plates and cold homes: What it’s like to grow up in poverty in 2024
Poverty affects every part of a child’s life and leaves too many struggling with their education, health and happiness. Today, more than one in four children in the UK live in poverty and around one million children are...
Young people struggle to afford healthy food, research warns
The high cost of healthy food is a significant barrier young people face in having a nutritious diet, with young parents worst affected, research has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
