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Child poverty

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'
thea who is impacted by the two child limit on benefits
Two-child benefit cap

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
baby bank
Baby banks

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year

Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words
Sanah Ahsan

Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
keir starmer
Two-child benefit cap

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap

Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap
phillipson and starmer at school
Child poverty

Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap

One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it's not the parents' fault
One in four children are starting school still wearing nappies, research has found
Juliette Rayner

One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it's not the parents' fault

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'
child drawing
Childcare

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'

Inside the primary school 'food shop' ensuring children don't go hungry over summer break
Food poverty

Inside the primary school 'food shop' ensuring children don't go hungry over summer break

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'
child pulling hair of another child who is eating
Child poverty

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'

1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap
three children
Child poverty

1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
Keir Starmer
Poverty

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?

Politicians are failing our children and our children's children. We must protect future generations
keir starmer visits a school
Sophie Howe

Politicians are failing our children and our children's children. We must protect future generations

Child poverty in working households soared by 1,350 a week since Tories came to power, report finds
a child reading
Poverty

Child poverty in working households soared by 1,350 a week since Tories came to power, report finds

We need to end the two-child benefit cap and the damaging rhetoric around it – once and for all
three children holding hands
Ruth Patrick and Tracey Jensen

We need to end the two-child benefit cap and the damaging rhetoric around it – once and for all

Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?
General election 2024

Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto
Keir Starmer launching the Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election
Politics

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'How dare he': Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it's not exactly the truth
rishi sunak/ child poverty
General election 2024

'How dare he': Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it's not exactly the truth

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
child pvoerty/ dennis and hanna
General election 2024

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty

Nearly one million people only £10 a week away from poverty, study finds
An array of British bank notes and coins to illustrate story about rising poverty
Poverty

Nearly one million people only £10 a week away from poverty, study finds

To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945
Child poverty
Kate Pickett

To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945

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