Even before the pandemic, 4.3 million children were living in poverty, up 200,000 from the previous year – and up 500,000 over the past five years. North East England shows the greatest growth in child poverty over the past five years and has risen by a third, taking it from below the UK average to […]
Government’s own data shows high levels of child poverty across the UK, with no plan in place to reduce this Government data shows 3.9 million children living in poverty (after housing costs) between April 2020 and April 2021, that is 27% of all children This is a reduction of 400,000 from the previous year, this […]
The End Child Poverty coalition has today issued a statement on the decision by the Chancellor to extend the £20 increase to Universal Credit for just six months. This offers children in poverty a small lifeline but the coalition is warning that, given the extent of the child poverty crisis before the pandemic, it will […]
children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power
