Housing benefit is insufficient for nearly half of households with children living in private rental accommodation in Bedford ...

A MAP has laid bare the UK’s poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas. The ...

The number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation is at its highest level since records began in 2002, ...

Scotland’s child poverty rate could fall to 21.8% by January 2029 from the current rate – believed to be 23.7%, according to ...

The DWP has confirmed a the new rates for Child Benefit from April 2025 following a heated debate and vote in the commons. From April, families with one child will now receive the new amount of £26.05 ...

The Scottish Government’s child poverty targets have “focused minds”, a Holyrood committee has said, but more action is needed to meet them.

The rising cost of childcare and reduced access to it in recent years have been raised by Britain’s human rights watchdog as ...

Scotland is the only part of the UK projected to reduce child poverty by 2029, driven by policies like the Scottish Child Payment, a new ...

Meanwhile, the data shows that child poverty rates in Scotland (24%) are considerably lower than those in England (30%) and Wales (29%). In Northern Ireland, the rate is a lower but nonetheless ...

The JRF said the figures equate to around two in every 10 adults and three in every 10 children being in poverty. Child poverty rates are highest in England (30%) and Wales (29%), compared with ...

Progress on reaching a target for no more than 5% of households in Wales living in fuel poverty by 2035 has been far too slow, with a specific policy, the Warm Homes programme, "barely touching ...

But the second biggest reason set England apart from the rest of the UK, with 86% of health visitors citing poverty affecting families and leading them to need further support. In Scotland, Wales and ...