Scrapping the two-child benefit cap could lift up to 470,000 children out of poverty, according to the latest estimates, by allowing low-income families to claim an extra £3,513 per year in universal ...

The discussion highlighted how climate-induced displacement is pushing vulnerable families into urban poverty, increasing children’s exposure to dangerous forms of work.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

Sir Keir Starmer is right to make a big show of the government’s decision to restore the child element of universal credit to families with more than two children. He and the rest of the Labour Party ...

SNP ministers must tackle child poverty “at its root” and accept a new spending plan aimed at training unemployed and ...

When Keir Starmer was running to be leader of the Labour Party, the second of his 10 pledges contained an unambiguous ambition to “abolish Universal Credit and end the Tories' cruel sanctions regime”.

John Swinney has pledged a “sustained focus” on child poverty in Scotland, as he insisted the action of Sir Keir Starmer’s Government will make that challenge “ever more difficult”. The Scottish First ...

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused Nigel Farage of being 'all over the place' on the two child benefit limit as the Reform ...

Dar es Salaam. Despite sustained efforts to eradicate child labour, many children in Zanzibar remain deeply involved in the ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...