A MAP has laid bare the UK’s poverty crisis with half of kids living below the breadline in the hardest-hit areas. The ...
Housing benefit is insufficient for nearly half of households with children living in private rental accommodation in ...
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 government’s drive to grow the economy will not be enough on its own to reduce child poverty, the Joseph Rowntree ...
More than one in three children on average are living in poverty in the West Midlands as respected Foundation demands change ...
with 86% of health visitors citing poverty affecting families and leading them to need further support. In Scotland, Wales ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...