£10m set aside for two-child cap mitigation to be spent on tackling poverty

MILLIONS of pounds that had been earmarked to offset the two-child benefit cap in Scotland will now be spent on tackling ...

Rachel Reeves suggests Farage's push to keep two-child benefit cap is based on skin colour

Rachel Reeves has claimed Nigel Farage’s opposition to the lifting of the two-child benefit cap is based on skin colour. The ...
Morning Star

Scottish Labour tells SNP: tackle child poverty at ‘its root’

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

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves blasts Reform and Tories over child poverty - 'all over the place'

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

Nearly 240,000 kids across London to benefit from two-child benefit cap removal

Nearly 240,000 children across London are set to benefit from Labour's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Huffington Post UK

As Child Poverty Soars, UK Baby Banks Brace For The Toughest Winter Yet

At Hartlepool Baby Bank, volunteers work tirelessly to support 100 to 150 families each week – families who can’t afford to buy underwear for their children, or need warm blankets and beds to stop ...
Human Rights Watch

Study Finds Third of UK Children Living in Poverty

Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live in poverty. While the government announced a Child Poverty Taskforce to ...
CNBCTV18

Starmer defends scrapping two-child cap, says move will lift children out of poverty

The Labour government in November 2025 confirmed it will do away with the cap for benefits and that the measure will come ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Child poverty comparison for northern Europe uses old and inaccurate data

A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data. A Sept. 11 post, opens new tab titled “Child ...
Telegraph & Argus

Yorkshire among worst hit regions for child poverty in the UK

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Forbes

Ending Child Poverty: Solutions That Work

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 ...