The new child poverty strategy promises the biggest fall in child poverty in decades. Will it also deliver better health for ...

comes amid a record high of 4.45 million children living in poverty in the UK.

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.

Some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty”, the Children’s Commissioner said as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped. Black mould in a ...

The UK Government’s long-awaited child poverty strategy will “deliver the largest reduction in child poverty since records began”, ...

Torran Semple receives funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/S023305/1. John Harvey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Renewed efforts to reduce child poverty in England between now and 2033, such as removing the 2-child limit on child benefit, would significantly boost several aspects of child health and narrow ...

Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty ...

What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle A lack of food has become the biggest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Mar 18, 2024, 01:38pm EDT A homeless man sleeps on the street under a U.K. union flag ...

Scientists from the United Kingdom have evaluated the impact of heat pumps on fuel poverty in England and Scotland. Their analysis considered pre- and post-energy crisis prices using levels from 2019 ...