The Scottish government has missed its legal targets for reducing child poverty. Figures released for the year from 2023 to ...

In the end, the solution to child poverty and poverty more generally is to be found not in the welfare system but in policies ...

The founder of a charity set up to help children and families in poverty across Inverclyde says he and his team are continuing to see its effects ...

Children who are uprooted from their homes repeatedly throughout school go on to achieve fewer GCSE passes, according to new ...

Scotland’s child poverty rate has reduced by 4 per cent in the space of a year and is better than the UK-wide rate of 31 per cent. The statistics are the first annual figures to take account of ...

Expanding child tax credit would cut child poverty rate in half statewide and have an enormous impact on the Syracuse community, writes 48th District state senator.

In the three years to 2024, the highest child poverty rates after housing costs were in the West Midlands and London, although London's levels were among the lowest if housing was not factored in.

the proportion of children living in relative poverty has reduced and year-on-year rates are now lower than they have been since 2014-15, while the proportion in absolute poverty has also fallen ...

John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more challenging” as a result of the welfare changes made ...

The SNP will miss its 2030 child poverty target unless it takes action to increase disability benefits and mitigate UK Government welfare cuts.

“This Labour government is on track to oversee child poverty rates soar. “Our members see the reality of these numbers. In schools across the country, staff are increasingly carrying the ...