Tag: Child Poverty
10 months ago
inews.co.uk

Burnham joins child benefits cap backlash urging Starmer to reassure voters it will be scrapped

The Labour leader remained defiant over his position on the Government's policy, and took a swipe at his critics amid...

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10 months ago
nationalworld.com

Labour should scrap ‘brutal’ two-child benefit cap, says former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

Labour’s shadow welfare secretary said the two-child benefit cap is a ‘heinous’ and ‘vicious’ policy

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over 1 year ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Child poverty could become biggest threat to Yorkshire's economic prospects - Greg Wright

Deprive a child of food and warmth and you strike a hammer blow against economic progress.

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over 1 year ago
nationalworld.com

Zarah Sultana calls for free school meals for all primary school children

Almost one in three children in poverty in England are currently ineligible for free school meals, survey data shows

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over 1 year ago
londonworld.com

Child poverty: Food banks giving THREE times as much to hungry kids as in 2017

“This a staggering increase in the numbers turning to food banks and frankly shameful.”

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almost 2 years ago
londonworld.com

Sir Mo Farah: London modern slavery charges fall by THIRD, despite rise in offences

Just 18 people were charged with modern slavery offences in London in 2021 - despite more than 2,400 alleged incident...

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Children suffer food poisoning as parents switch off fridges overnight to save on energy bills

A food bank in Cornwall has reported children are also going to school in dirty uniforms because parents cannot affor...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Child poverty in Scotland may be getting worse, say experts

The Poverty and Inequality Commission was critical of the Scottish Government’s progress in tackling the issue, descr...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Families set to be 'devastated' by rising costs, with a fifth of Britons living in poverty

Figures from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation also reveal 31 per cent of children in the UK were living in poverty, ris...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Poverty and inequality worsening due to Covid effect that could last for decades, report warns

Child poverty, income inequality, access to housing, youth unemployment and gaps in school attainment were poor in 20...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

LadBaby mum Roxanne Hoyle generously donates a week's groceries to food bank

Roxanne Hoyle was reduced to tears as she recalled a time when she struggled to make ends meet to feed her family

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Digital divide: The initiatives working to provide deprived children with laptops

Around 1.8m children in the UK did not have access to a laptop, desktop computer or tablet at the start of the pandemic

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over 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Generous i readers have broken Magic Breakfast appeal target again

Readers beat our most recent target of £270,000 - far surpassing all previous i fundraising efforts

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over 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Child poverty 'set to rise' unless urgent action is taken, says Children's Commissioner

Anne Longfield said the Covid crisis is creating a child poverty timebomb that could see millions more children falli...

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