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More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’
Problem gambling

More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can’t come soon enough
Kinship care

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can’t come soon enough

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP
Kim Johnson

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap ‘punishes’ families like hers: ‘We’re struggling’
Two-child benefit cap

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap ‘punishes’ families like hers: ‘We’re struggling’

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

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’

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you
Tayyaba Siddiqui

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you

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

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‘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

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap