Children

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

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

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how
Cost of living crisis

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
Lauren

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
Poverty

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
Childcare

‘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
Childcare

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
Care

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
Child poverty

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’
Mental health

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’

‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils
Education

‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils

UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate
Child poverty

UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate

‘Illegal vapes are already flooding the market’: What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
Disposable vapes

‘Illegal vapes are already flooding the market’: What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?

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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’
Child poverty

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?
Childcare

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?