child poverty

Rate of child poverty set to fall for the first time in nine years

8th December 2025 Arrears and Recoveries | #child poverty

The package of measures announced in the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy – including the abolition of the two-child limit on benefit support and an expanded Free School Meals offer – will result in child poverty rates falling in 2026-27, the first time in nine years (outside the pandemic), according to new analysis by the Resolution…

Government launches child poverty strategy to support families

5th December 2025 Arrears and Recoveries | #child poverty

The Government has announced a new Child Poverty Strategy, which aims to lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030. The Government says that following the reversal of the two-child limit, the strategy tackles the root causes of poverty by cutting the cost of essentials, boosting family incomes, and improving local services so every child…

Government urged to scrap the two-child limit to avoid poverty increase

27th February 2025 Arrears and Recoveries | #child poverty

The Resolution Foundation is calling on the Government to change its child poverty strategy. In a new report, the Foundation has warned that the roll-out of £3 billion of previously announced benefit cuts will contribute to an increase in child poverty rates from a projected 31 per cent at the start of the Parliament (2024-25),…

Call for greater support for working parents to reduce child poverty

6th January 2025 Arrears and Recoveries | #child poverty

The Resolution Foundation is calling on the Government to offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its promise of cutting child poverty. The Resolution Foundation says that he last Labour government reduced relative child poverty significantly – down by the equivalent of 600,000 children between 1998-99…

Ministers hear from local leaders on impact of Child Poverty

20th September 2024 Consumer Collections | #child poverty

Local leaders have outlined the stark challenges that must be overcome to tackle child poverty in their communities. Liz Kendall, the Work & Pensions Secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, heard powerful testimony from representatives from some of the worst affected areas in the country, including the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, to ensure…

Child poverty rates increased by 44% since 2010

27th June 2024 Consumer Collections | #child poverty

The crisis of poverty in the UK has been exposed by two new reports, revealing the devastating impact of low wages and price increases on 900,000 children. The research by Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that over the past 14 years, an additional 1,350 children per week in households with at least one working…

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