Children

The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it

Financial worries, including the skyrocketing cost of childcare, could be behind the UK’s falling fertility rates

‘It’s sad we have come to this’: Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
Social Justice

‘It’s sad we have come to this’: Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger

‘Something has to change, because mums are actually going hungry because they’re making sure their babies are eating’

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK
Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK

The vast majority of paediatricians in the UK have seen children’s health getting worse as a result of poverty, which is connected to poor vaccination uptake and difficulties accessing healthcare appointments

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it
Clair Graham

I’m a social worker – don’t judge me for it

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Baby banks in London have run out of nappies
Emily Compston

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’
Food poverty

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: ‘It just can’t go on’

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’
Childcare

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’

I’m a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what’s right and end it
Sara

I’m a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what’s right and end it

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives
Lynn Perry

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives

Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads
Fathers Day

Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect
Autism

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children
Film

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the ‘inhumane’ way mothers are cut off from their children

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

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Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?
John Rose

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?

The UK must renew funding for children’s vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk
Michael Sheldrick

The UK must renew funding for children’s vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs
Dr Abigail Dunn

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV’s Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse
Childhood dreams

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV’s Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse