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Campaigning for an end to child poverty

31% of children in the UK are living in poverty

4.5 million children were living in poverty in the UK in 2023-24

Ending the two-child limit to benefit payments would immediately lift 350,000 children out of poverty

“I remember how poverty made me feel. Always being acutely aware of your social position forces you to mature a lot earlier… At 11-years of age and knowing about your parents finances and what they can afford– no child should be in a position to know that.”

Liv, an End Child Poverty Youth Ambassador

New local data on child poverty for every constituency and local authority

New two child limit data: scrapping the policy to lift children out of poverty and boost local economies

Eight tests for the government’s child poverty strategy

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Youth Ambassador Speaks out on Period Poverty

16 August 2024

Written by Darcy, aged 17 from Kent who is an End Child Poverty…

New Research: Majority of families impacted by the two-child limit are working

14 June 2024

We worked alongside the Financial Times to highlight shocking…

New local child poverty data; a young person’s opinion

6 June 2024

Today, 6th June 2024, the End Child Poverty Coalition has released…

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children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power

Campaigning for an end to child poverty

31% of children in the UK are living in poverty

New local data on child poverty for every constituency and local authority

New two child limit data: scrapping the policy to lift children out of poverty and boost local economies

Eight tests for the government’s child poverty strategy

Blog

Youth Ambassador Speaks out on Period Poverty

New Research: Majority of families impacted by the two-child limit are working

New local child poverty data; a young person’s opinion

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