Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

Lynn Perry, chief executive of Barnardo's, shares her thoughts on Labour's child poverty strategy – and what more needs to ...

NEWCASTLE, England — At a food bank in a rundown part of northeast England, an unemployed mother and her adult son were having an odd morning. Denise and Michael Hunter typically come here for a quiet ...

Gordon Brown is set to issue a stark warning that child poverty represents both the UK's most significant social division and its greatest long-term economic threat. The former Labour leader is also ...

More accessible childcare and an end to families being stuck in bed and breakfasts beyond the legal limit are among the ...

Confronted by a sceptical public – 59 per cent of who back the two-child cap – this is the argument that Phillipson will now ...

A report into poverty in Britain, one of the world’s richest countries, has concluded that millions of low-income families are “surviving not living”, while a growing proportion of the population is ...

The warning signs have been around for some time now – increasing foodbank use, the very public fight over who should foot the bill to feed hungry children during lockdown – but we’re close to having ...

The no recourse to public funds policy is aimed at “temporary migrants”. But many children in households subject to the ...