family

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Hannah Mackay-Christie, Leigh Elliott

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother’s sorrowful story
Family secrets

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother’s sorrowful story

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty
Free childcare

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty

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

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me
Ruth Talbot

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me

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?

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

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’
Two-child benefit cap

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

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

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

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

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

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know
Free school meals

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know

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?

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’