A children’s charity urged ministers to reconsider plans for a four-year freeze on a range of benefits and agree a moratorium on future welfare cuts for low-income families. The charity
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With child poverty levels in Wales continuing to be amongst the highest in the UK, a conference in the Glamorgan Building of Cardiff University this week (29 January) aims to
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The Government suffered a defeat in the Lords over plans to down-play income-related measures of child poverty levels. Peers voted by 290 to 198, a majority of 92, to back
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The Scottish Government should consider ending the council-tax freeze and providing some free childcare for primary-school pupils, a new report looking at how to tackle poverty has said. Naomi Eisenstadt,
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More than half a million emergency supplies were handed out at Trussell Trust foodbanks in the six months to September, showing that hunger is still a “major concern” for low
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Successful businesses and wealthy individuals should make a bigger contribution to ending “shocking” levels of poverty and inequality in Britain, Sir John Major said. The Conservative former prime minister also
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More than 100,000 children will wake up homeless this Christmas Day across Britain – the equivalent of four children for every school in the country – according to estimates from
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Scotland’s former chief medical officer is expected to outline “the hidden costs of austerity” at the Scottish Green conference in Glasgow today. Sir Harry Burns will share a platform with
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New research shows that children all over the world are more likely to be at risk if they’re female and below the poverty line. A new research paper by a
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Over the coming weeks, the Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) will be running a short series of blogs on child poverty in Scotland from voices across the
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