UK Child Poverty

In the last 4 hours

Rural child poverty at all time high DnG 2417:30

In the last 8 hours

Chancellor sidesteps calls to reverse cuts to winter fuel allowance and benefits Evening Standard14:05

Earlier today

Midlands areas named among child poverty hotspots - check your postcode Birmingham Live05:33

Yesterday

Healthy eating in schools Welsh Government (Press Release)22:15 19-May-25

Swinney pledges to restore pensioners' winter fuel payments Morning Star16:07 19-May-25

Council ambition to tackle child poverty questioned amid alarming figures Teesside Live15:00 19-May-25

Pressure mounts on Starmer to abolish two-child benefit cap Yahoo! UK & Ireland14:15 19-May-25

Keir Starmer urged to scrap two-child benefit cap as 'kids deserve a good childhood' Daily Star13:42 19-May-25

The Magic Dentist launches ‘Toothpaste Tumble’ to help tackle child dental poverty in the UK Dental Republic12:12 19-May-25

Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap Yahoo! UK & Ireland05:13 19-May-25

Swinney hits Hamilton campaign trail and accuses Labour of pensioner 'betrayal' Yahoo! UK & Ireland00:08 19-May-25

In the last 7 days

My gift to Labour: a chance for it to act on child poverty Yahoo! UK & Ireland18:01 18-May-25

Is Keir Starmer about to cave to Labour benefit rebels? Government could ease two-child cap and … MailOnline10:51 18-May-25

Wrexham project among beneficiaries of funding to combat child poverty Evening Leader07:09 17-May-25

Concerns over Darlington's child poverty "shame" affecting hundreds of families The Northern Echo18:16 16-May-25

£1.5 million to tackle child poverty in Wales Government Business11:08 16-May-25

If Labour will not tackle child poverty, who will? Church Times00:29 16-May-25

Plea to help Glasgow children living in poverty have fun this summer Glasgow Evening Times18:45 15-May-25

Starmer not doing enough to tackle child poverty, Welsh minister says at Big Issue debate Big Issue15:16 15-May-25

Calls to scrap two-child benefit cap to ease Derby's poverty crisis Derbyshire Live14:33 15-May-25

£1.5m for 25 projects tackling child poverty in Wales Social Care Today12:38 15-May-25

Child poverty rates are rising in Greater Manchester The Meteor10:50 15-May-25

Urdd message calls to tackle child poverty stigma BBC08:12 15-May-25

Urdd Gobaith Cymru’s 2025 Peace and Goodwill Message responds to child poverty in Wales Nation.Cymru07:42 15-May-25

Is Badenoch getting better, or is Starmer getting worse? The Spectator14:15 14-May-25

Review: Boys From the Blackstuff - a powerful play for today from the 1980s The Telegraph & Argus12:37 14-May-25

£1.5million funding boost for 25 projects to tackle child poverty across Wales Welsh Government (Press Release)11:42 14-May-25

£1.5m funding boost for 25 projects to tackle child poverty across Wales The Pembrokeshire Herald11:19 14-May-25

Written Statement: Funding to support organisations to work together to address child poverty (14 May 2025) Welsh Government (Press Release)09:41 14-May-25

Tackling period poverty one step at a time Yorkshire Evening Post09:08 14-May-25

Arnside Sailing Club receives grant funding to help children from low-income backgrounds get… Lancashire Evening Post11:20 13-May-25

Council's children’s services director calls for 'clear sense of direction' The Gazette10:53 13-May-25

In the last month

Can John Swinney really claim child poverty is his top priority? The Scottish Herald16:10 12-May-25

When votes matter more than child poverty. How can the two child benefit cap be a question of ‘fairness’? West Country Voices14:07 12-May-25

Glasgow City Councillors fight for new programme to fight food poverty in the city Glasgow World13:16 12-May-25

Number of children living in hygiene poverty surges LocalGov11:16 12-May-25

Labour must tackle poverty to hold back Reform UK, says Big Issue founder Yahoo! UK & Ireland10:15 12-May-25

Tackling child poverty could be Labour’s defining mission – and its best chance to stop Reform UK’s rise, writes Lord… LBC News09:48 12-May-25

When votes matter more than child poverty. How can the two-child benefit cap be a question of “fairness”? West Country Voices08:31 12-May-25

Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children’s Bill amendment Big Issue04:23 12-May-25

Limited ambition? Resolution Foundation00:01 12-May-25

Scottish title clears front page to demand action on child poverty Behind Local News UK10:18 11-May-25

Four children in every British classroom are living in hygiene poverty, research shows The Mirror17:09 10-May-25

Julia Molony: Tragic Prince Harry is like a lonely little boy, lost in a complicated world The Irish Independent14:08 10-May-25

MP tells Prime Minister of child poverty in South Cotswolds Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard19:19 9-May-25

Lincolnshire child poverty charities say they are supporting more families than ever LSJ News14:38 8-May-25

Parents pay £1,000 per year to send child to state primary school, £2,300 for secondary kids Child Poverty Action Group13:15 8-May-25

19% Of London’s Children Struggling Without Basic Hygiene Essentials Essex TV12:48 8-May-25

Revealed: The increasing cost of sending a child to school in the UK The Independent11:32 8-May-25

Fundraising campaign sees more than £16,000 raised for disadvantaged youngsters The Carlisle News & Star06:27 8-May-25

Revealed: How much parents are paying to send child to school The Independent00:30 8-May-25

“Programme for Government lacks the scale and urgency needed” Child Poverty Action Group10:45 7-May-25

'It's the poorest area - but it's given my kids a rich upbringing' Yorkshire Live04:22 7-May-25

Swinney's 'new' plan on child poverty was made a legal requirement in 2017 The Scottish Herald18:49 6-May-25

Never-ending cuts = human devastation. Red Weekly column. Labour Outlook14:51 6-May-25

Campaigners in Nicola Sturgeon's constituency blast SNP Government for 'letting down' those in… Scottish Daily Express13:56 6-May-25

North Ayrshire bakery helps feed hungry kids in the world's poorest communities Ardrossan Herald12:45 6-May-25

The shocking wards with highest levels of child poverty across Teesside The Northern Echo12:00 6-May-25

Demand for foodbank is 'heartbreaking' - charity BBC06:36 6-May-25

Plea to end cruel poverty cap hurting Devon families Devon Live06:17 6-May-25

Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour Evening Standard00:10 6-May-25

‘The worst poverty we’ve seen’: How child, two, was hospitalised with malnutrition i News06:59 5-May-25

Why tram line to East Birmingham, Blues, Airport and NEC has to happen Birmingham Live05:37 5-May-25

Letter: Wales must follow Scotland's path and end child poverty in this country County Times11:28 4-May-25

Ending poverty could save Britain £75bn a year, says charity Left Foot Forward09:05 4-May-25

‘I feel rage’ Save the Children boss demands action on Scottish child poverty scandal The Scottish Herald06:25 4-May-25

Why child poverty figures are 'troubling but not surprising' to Middlesbrough charities Teesside Live04:23 4-May-25

Teesside area has highest levels of child poverty in UK - but rate drops 78% seven miles away Teesside Live00:09 4-May-25

New social homes needed as 240,000 children living in poverty, new figures reveal Shelter (The housing and homelessness charity) (Press Release)19:06 3-May-25

New map shows how many families are claiming child benefit in your area My London11:07 3-May-25

School transport budgets are facing "big cuts" in Luton Luton Today10:46 2-May-25

SNP blamed UK Government for John Swinney axing free school meals plan... despite damning… Scottish Daily Express05:19 2-May-25

Scots charity chief 'inspired' by Pope Francis's dedication to children in poverty Daily Record18:48 1-May-25

In full: John Swinney responds to The Herald's open letter on child poverty The Scottish Herald14:30 1-May-25

Nearly 40,000 North Lanarkshire children and families received £2.8m towards heating bills last … Daily Record13:51 1-May-25

George Redmond: 'Our children don't deserve to be growing up in poverty' Glasgow Evening Times11:12 1-May-25

The Herald unites with 23 charities InPublishing09:41 1-May-25

You could raise the Scottish Child Payment if you wanted to, Mr Swinney The Scottish Herald06:38 1-May-25

UK Government inaction cannot exonerate Scottish ministers from child poverty action The Scottish Herald05:50 1-May-25

'Committed to going further’: Swinney responds to Herald child poverty campaign Yahoo! UK & Ireland05:08 1-May-25

I'm a mother of six in Gaza. I worry my children will starve due to Israel's blockade The National, Scotland17:54 30-Apr-25

Does the Scottish Child Payment work and how much would the £40 increase cost? The Scottish Herald12:00 30-Apr-25

In full: The Herald's open letter calling for Sir Keir Starmer to scrap benefit cap The Scottish Herald10:02 30-Apr-25

In full: The Herald's open letter to John Swinney on Scottish Child Payment The Scottish Herald10:02 30-Apr-25

Progress 'welcome but Scottish Government not going far enough' on child poverty The Scottish Herald06:43 30-Apr-25

Southampton students address policymakers in Parliament Daily Echo03:50 30-Apr-25

'Matter of shame': Swinney opens up on the toll of tackling child poverty in Scotland The Scottish Herald16:49 29-Apr-25

“At the limits”: FM warns Scottish Child Payment may not see further increases Third Force News11:15 29-Apr-25

Fewer families in High Peak received child benefits last year Buxton Advertiser08:36 29-Apr-25

UK welfare cuts to plunge thousands of disabled children into poverty The Scottish Herald06:29 29-Apr-25

'Devastating': Charity boss reveals essential items children in poverty are missing The Scottish Herald06:29 29-Apr-25

Not lifting two-child benefit cap will cause 'explosion' in poverty, warns union body The Scottish Herald06:29 29-Apr-25

Programme for Government 2025/26: An IPPR Scotland briefing IPPR00:00 29-Apr-25

North Lanarkshire Council’s work on child poverty receives positive feedback from Public Health … Daily Record18:00 28-Apr-25

Humiliation for John Swinney and the SNP as two key poverty targets to be missed Scottish Daily Express13:33 28-Apr-25

Politicians urged to ‘up their game’ as ‘80,000 children in very deep poverty’ STV12:47 28-Apr-25

80,000 kids in Scotland living in 'very deep poverty' as politicians told to 'up their game' Daily Record12:21 28-Apr-25

80,000 children living in deep poverty, new research shows Holyrood Magazine10:55 28-Apr-25

The Nottingham neighbourhood where nearly two thirds of children live in poverty Nottinghamshire Live08:44 28-Apr-25

SNP wants to end food bank use – but food parcels for children are higher than ever The Scottish Herald06:42 28-Apr-25

'No child should be hungry. It's time for action to eradicate child poverty' The Scottish Herald06:42 28-Apr-25

Letter: Plaid MS column on poverty suggests he does not grasp devolution County Times08:39 27-Apr-25

Funding available for child poverty projects BBC12:22 26-Apr-25

The Herald 's latest series: Scotland's Forgotten Children: Poverty in Focus The Scottish Herald08:01 25-Apr-25

Child poverty will rise if two-child limit is not scrapped, charities warn Church Times00:29 25-Apr-25

Scottish Government must adopt war-time model to give us hope The National, Scotland18:02 24-Apr-25

Children in Poverty Inverclyde deliver chocolate treats to frontline groups Greenock Telegraph, Scotland16:39 23-Apr-25

Underpaid teachers seeing pupils undernourished by austerity Socialist Party15:00 23-Apr-25

Response to consultation on mitigating the two-child limit in Scotland Child Poverty Action Group14:04 23-Apr-25

Tackling child poverty with machine learning The Scottish Government10:43 23-Apr-25

Starmer 'lacks credibility' on tackling child poverty without scrapping benefit cap The Scottish Herald06:38 23-Apr-25

Driving down child poverty in Scotland - participants from York's Changing Realities project meet with Scotland's First … University of York14:44 22-Apr-25

Breakfast clubs open in 750 schools, but campaigners urge PM to go further to end child poverty Nursery World14:25 22-Apr-25

Government told to scrap two-child Child Benefit cap by charities Yahoo! UK & Ireland13:32 22-Apr-25

Labour 'set to oversee highest child poverty levels ever,' Keir Starmer warned The National, Scotland11:40 22-Apr-25

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