Public support for more generous welfare benefits is at its highest level for more than two decades, amid new evidence that societal views on social security and immigration are becoming significantly more liberal, according to the latest annual...
Covid: toddlers from UK’s poorest families ‘hit hardest by lockdown’
Babies and toddlers from poorer backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with less access to books and outdoor space during lockdown than children growing up in wealthier families, research has found. The developmental...
Free school meals: Thousands of Doctors call for the government u-turn
An open letter to the Prime Minister, signed by more than 2,000 paediatricians, argues that “childhood hunger is an issue that should transcend politics, good nutrition is at the heart of health, wellbeing and development for children and young...
Stimulus package for UK’s poorest families vital, report says
An urgent “family stimulus” package alongside the chancellor’s new job support scheme is vital to prevent hundreds of thousands of parents and their children falling below the poverty line this winter, according to a new joint report from the IPPR...
Education leaders back Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign
More than 30 influential education leaders have written a letter to ministers urging the government to support footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals. Rashford has already successfully campaigned for free school meals to be...
Child poverty increases in England across the north and Midlands
Child poverty has shot up in towns and cities across the north and Midlands of England, fuelled by stagnating family incomes and the spiralling cost of housing, an analysis has found. Although deprived inner-London boroughs such as Newham and Tower...
