child poverty
1.2 million children could be in poverty by 2030, says new Fabian report
Implementing decent Living Wage and minimum wage policies could lift 900,000 people out of poverty - we need to act now
Child poverty up in rich world since start of recession
Child poverty has increased in the rich world since the onset of the global recession in 2008, according to a new report from Unicef.
It isn’t just child poverty that limits social mobility; inequality does too
The side of social mobility that no politician will talk about: making rich-but-dim children downwardly mobile.
The government’s child poverty strategy falls short of the mark
The government's child poverty strategy is disappointingly short on new ideas.
Families “squeezed by rising prices and stagnant wages”
A new report by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) casts further light on the extent to which families are struggling financially across the country.
Today’s child poverty figures show we are leaving our children utterly exposed
Work pays, we are always told, but for many it is clearly not paying enough. The latest official child poverty figures released today show that in-work poverty is on the rise, with two-thirds of poor children now living in families with at least one working parent.