Children

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?
Benefits

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

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

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

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap

One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it’s not the parents’ fault
Juliette Rayner

One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it’s not the parents’ fault

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’
Childcare

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’

New children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Children need reading now more than ever’
Books

New children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Children need reading now more than ever’

Expand free school meals and help save one million children from hunger, political leaders told
General election 2024

Expand free school meals and help save one million children from hunger, political leaders told

Sunak’s flagship free childcare scheme under threat from staffing ‘crisis’
Childcare

Sunak’s flagship free childcare scheme under threat from staffing ‘crisis’

Male domestic abuse survivor who almost ‘gave up’ wants others to know help is out there
Domestic abuse

Male domestic abuse survivor who almost ‘gave up’ wants others to know help is out there

We need to end the two-child benefit cap and the damaging rhetoric around it – once and for all
Ruth Patrick and Tracey Jensen

We need to end the two-child benefit cap and the damaging rhetoric around it – once and for all

‘How dare he’: Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it’s not exactly the truth
General election 2024

‘How dare he’: Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it’s not exactly the truth

‘You can hear your stomach growling’: Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
General election 2024

‘You can hear your stomach growling’: Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
TV

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty

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Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?
Child poverty

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’
Benefits

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say