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

Children in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”, according to a damning new report. Some young people are forced to sleep in mouldy bedrooms in rat-infested homes, children’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. The average height of England’s 5-year-olds has fallen over the last eleven years, ...

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 is expected to soon publish its ten-year child poverty strategy, designed to tackle the root causes of poverty for children. Poverty is an issue for families from all backgrounds.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. Mar 18, 2024, 01:38pm EDT This article is more than 2 years old. A homeless man ...

The UK government has announced an extension of free school meals in England to all children whose parents receive universal credit, in order to address child hunger and poverty. The government claims ...