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 ...

Expanding the state's child tax credit would give low and moderate income families more disposable income and reduce poverty rates.

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Charities warned  millions of families were already 'living on a knife edge' before sweeping Government reforms to welfare ...

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.

The number of children in poverty in the UK has reached its highest level since comparative records began in 2002. In the year to April 2024, there were 4.45 million children living in a household ...

At 22%, the annual figures for relative child poverty in 2023/24 were above the interim target of 18% (Alamy/PA) John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more ...

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