A new payment to help cover the costs of having children has been introduced in Scotland. Families on low incomes can now apply for the Best Start Grant, with applications
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The UK’s housing crisis will be “felt across a generation” as the latest figures reveal the scale of children living in homelessness, a charity has warned. Shelter urged the public
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High earners should have childcare subsidies scrapped to give a boost to low-income families under Universal Credit, the architects of the reforms have said. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)
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Cash transfers should be given to Scotland’s poorest families to help them cope during the school holidays, a poverty commission has recommended. A report from the Poverty and Inequality Commission
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A “perfect storm” of stagnating wages and benefits cuts has led to the gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in the England widening, according to new research.
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Addressing childhood adversity and trauma should be a national public health priority, Labour has said. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said action was needed because around half of adults in
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Families on low incomes can apply for a new pregnancy and baby grant from December 10, the Scottish Government has announced. The first payments for the new Best Start Grant
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The Duchess of York has launched a fundraising campaign for her charity Street Child, urging the public to donate to give a child an education. The Count Me In appeal
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After climate change, there is nothing more serious than poverty and there is clear evidence that it leads to higher levels of child abuse and neglect, said the University of
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A charity helping abused children has launched a campaign to fight childhood trauma brought on by neglect. Over the festive period, there is a surge in calls about children left
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