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Government failing to protect most disadvantaged children, say commissioners

By The Press Association1st July 2015News England

The four UK children’s commissioners have joined forces to urge the Government to halt its programme of benefit cuts to prevent more young people being pushed into poverty. The commissioners

Over 200,000 Scots children living in relative poverty

By Iain MacDonald25th June 2015News Scotland

New figures which reveal 210,000 children are living in relative poverty in Scotland after housing costs have been paid, have been condemned as ‘unacceptable’ by Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil.

Thirty-year-low Government child poverty claims spark controversy

By The Press Association25th June 2015News England

Figures the Government said showed 2.3 million children were classed as living in relative poverty, the lowest level since the 1980s, have sparked controversy. The Department for Work and Pensions

Sturgeon appoints senior researcher as poverty adviser

By Iain MacDonald23rd June 2015News Scotland

The Scottish Government’s efforts to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality will be subject to independent scrutiny by a new adviser, appointed today by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Naomi Eisenstadt, an

Tens of thousands expected at major anti-austerity protests

By The Press Association20th June 2015News England

The Government will today face its first big public protests since being elected when politicians, union leaders and celebrities join thousands of people on demonstrations against austerity, spending cuts and

Cuts so acute schools becoming ‘mini welfare states’

By The Press Association1st May 2015News England

Schools are becoming “mini welfare states” spending millions of pounds a year on supporting poor children and plugging funding gaps in public services, headteachers are warning. The vast majority of

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks

By The Press Association22nd April 2015News England

The number of people using foodbanks has reached a record one million after an increase in workers on low pay having to seek emergency help for food, new figures have

Teachers survey reports children blighted and degraded by poverty

By The Press Association5th April 2015News England

Children are turning up to school sick because their parents cannot afford to take time off to care for them, teachers have claimed. School staff are also still seeing youngsters

Disadvantaged children should get larger share of childcare budget

By The Press Association24th February 2015News England

The next government should review priorities for childcare and early education in England to ensure a greater share of the £6.4 billion annual budget is spent on children from disadvantaged

£3bn child support payments ‘uncollectable’

By The Press Association26th January 2015News England

Almost £3 billion in unpaid child support may never be recovered, according to official accounts. The money is owed by absent parents who have been referred to the Child Support

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Government failing to protect most disadvantaged children, say commissioners

Over 200,000 Scots children living in relative poverty

Thirty-year-low Government child poverty claims spark controversy

Sturgeon appoints senior researcher as poverty adviser

Tens of thousands expected at major anti-austerity protests

Cuts so acute schools becoming ‘mini welfare states’

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks

Teachers survey reports children blighted and degraded by poverty

Disadvantaged children should get larger share of childcare budget

£3bn child support payments ‘uncollectable’

NHS trust fined £1.6 million for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘matter of weeks’, PM announces

‘Government not gangs’ should decide who enters UK as 19,000 migrants removed

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Tag: Child Poverty

Government failing to protect most disadvantaged children, say commissioners

Over 200,000 Scots children living in relative poverty

Thirty-year-low Government child poverty claims spark controversy

Sturgeon appoints senior researcher as poverty adviser

Tens of thousands expected at major anti-austerity protests

Cuts so acute schools becoming ‘mini welfare states’

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks

Teachers survey reports children blighted and degraded by poverty

Disadvantaged children should get larger share of childcare budget

£3bn child support payments ‘uncollectable’