Child poverty is becoming the ‘new normal’ in parts of Britain as fastest rises in poverty hit the poorest areas In some constituencies more than half of children are growing up in poverty Impoverished areas see the greatest rises in child poverty Child poverty highest in big cities, particularly London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester 500k […]
Work not enough to stop children being trapped in poverty as number of children in severe poverty rises 70% of children in poverty come from a working household Of the 4.1 million children in poverty, those in severe poverty rises to 2.8 million National and regional data published by Government. More children in the […]
The End Child Poverty coalition is delighted that the Financial Conduct Authority, after its review of the high cost credit market, is recommending the introduction of a cap on the total cost of rent to own goods with added protections for consumers that will limit the ability of companies to recoup the cost through extra […]
children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power
