A council is planning to offer free school meals 365 days a year to children from low income households to help tackle “holiday hunger”. North Lanarkshire Council proposes expanding its
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One in seven children of public sector workers will be living in poverty by the end of next month, unions are warning. Research by the TUC found that the Government’s
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Jeremy Corbyn has said “we shouldn’t have hungry children in Scotland in 2018” ahead of a visit to a council-run scheme to provide meals for children during school holidays. The
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Almost one in four parents are skipping meals because they cannot afford to buy food, revealing shocking levels of “hidden hunger”, according to a new report. A survey of over
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Thousands of children still live in “scandalous” poverty across Scotland, a study has found. The End Child Poverty coalition is urging the UK Government to end the freeze on children’s
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Half of children in some parts of the UK are growing up in poverty, revealing a “growing crisis”, a new report warns. Research by the End Child Poverty coalition showed
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A charity has described homelessness figures as “nothing short of a tragedy” after an official report showed the numbers in England have increased. The number of households in temporary accommodation
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The Prime Minister has been urged in the Lords to take a personal lead in tackling “Dickensian” conditions faced by millions of vulnerable children in England. Labour’s Baroness Dean of
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A family of eight are living on less than £1.60 a day after they were incorrectly told to claim Universal Credit, an MP has claimed. Labour’s Grahame Morris (Easington) said
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The number of investigations started by councils into whether children are being harmed or at risk has more than doubled in the last decade, town hall bosses have warned. More
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