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

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’

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

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’

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

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

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

‘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

‘You can hear your stomach growling’: Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

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

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’

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

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how
I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night

I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
‘Utterly dire situation’: Childcare costs surge to ‘eye-watering’ £158 per week

‘Utterly dire situation’: Childcare costs surge to ‘eye-watering’ £158 per week
Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there’s a major problem
How privatisation of foster care is turning vulnerable children into money-making commodities

How privatisation of foster care is turning vulnerable children into money-making commodities
Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give
