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Over one million babies and young children are living in poverty - report
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Child poverty
  • Apr 27, 2022
Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals
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Free school meals Child poverty
  • Apr 14, 2022
Almost one million children in 'food insecure' households
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Food insecurity Disadvantaged Child poverty
  • Apr 6, 2022
Children in poverty miss out on dress-up days
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Child poverty
  • Mar 28, 2022
Child poverty: The hidden costs of school spelt out
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Child poverty
  • Mar 2, 2022
Number of children in extreme poverty rises to 550,000
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Child poverty
  • Jan 19, 2022
Children in poverty will bear the brunt of rising energy bills
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Child poverty
  • Jan 18, 2022
Energy price rises could worsen child poverty, charity warns
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Child poverty
  • Jan 18, 2022
Reasons to be hopeful: three steps to improving children’s well-being in Scotland
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Scotland Child poverty Wellbeing
  • Dec 16, 2021
Scottish government: Tackling child poverty is the way to close educational attainment gap
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Scotland Attainment gap Child poverty
  • Dec 14, 2021
NEU comment on government response to report on measuring child poverty
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Child poverty
  • Dec 6, 2021
Deputy head teacher on a mission to rid Leeds of bed poverty
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Disadvantaged pupils Child poverty
  • Nov 24, 2021
More time needed for Welsh schools to implement major curriculum and qualification reforms
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
NEU comment on UCL research showing families in need turning to schools for support with clothing and food
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Covid crisis reveals how schools are ‘propping up a failing welfare state’
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools 'propping up welfare state' during pandemic, researchers warn
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools acting as ‘first responders’ to families impacted by Covid
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools gave food and clothes to poor families due to lack of welfare safety net
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Schools providing basic needs like food to struggling families, report finds
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Covid impact Child poverty Pupil support
  • Oct 14, 2021
Marcus Rashford: Receiving honorary degree is bittersweet (video)
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Honorary degree Child poverty Marcus Rashford
  • Oct 8, 2021
Marcus Rashford: universal credit cut comes at ‘most difficult’ time
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Honorary degree Marcus Rashford Child poverty
  • Oct 8, 2021
The Universal Credit cut is also a cut to education
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Universal credit Child poverty Attainment gap
  • Oct 8, 2021
Marcus Rashford admits "bittersweet" feeling as he receives honorary doctorate
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Honorary doctorates Marcus Rashford University of Manchester Child poverty
  • Oct 7, 2021
Why doubling PPA could help tackle the attainment gap
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Child poverty Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap Pupil progress
  • Sep 27, 2021
Teachers 'can't unsee' child poverty levels glimpsed during Covid, says union boss
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Covid impact Child poverty
  • Sep 26, 2021
Teachers ‘need time out to help struggling families find food’
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Scotland Child poverty NCS Food banks
  • Sep 25, 2021
'We all deserve a certain minimum' - teacher reveals sad incident that opened her eyes to hygiene poverty
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Child poverty Hygiene
  • Sep 24, 2021
NEU comment on children in poverty report
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Child poverty Covid impact
  • Sep 22, 2021
Families with young children facing steep rise in poverty
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Child poverty
  • Sep 14, 2021
Families with young children face huge rise in poverty, research warns
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Child poverty
  • Sep 14, 2021
Families with children under five face ‘steep rises’ in poverty, warns research
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Child poverty
  • Sep 14, 2021
Families with babies and children under five face steep rises in poverty
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Child poverty
  • Sep 14, 2021
Trends in early childhood poverty in the UK
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Early years Child poverty
  • Sep 14, 2021
One million children in poverty ineligible for free school meals
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Free school meals Child poverty
  • Aug 31, 2021
SMC calls for children to be put centre stage of pandemic recovery
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Social mobility Child poverty Covid recovery
  • Jul 20, 2021
Minister questioned on children in poverty
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Child poverty
  • Jun 18, 2021
Will SNP continue to ignore child poverty scandal?
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Scotland Child poverty
  • May 20, 2021
Coalition calls for 'credible' plan from Government to end Child Poverty
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Child poverty
  • May 18, 2021
This is a cruel way to treat young people
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Child poverty
  • May 17, 2021
Streeting: Ending child poverty must be ‘central mission’ for Labour
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Child poverty
  • May 10, 2021
Schools 'can be weapons against poverty’
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Child poverty
  • Apr 20, 2021
Coram Family and Childcare sign the LCPA Mayoral Election Manifesto
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Child poverty
  • Apr 16, 2021
'I will never forget the panic in that girl's voice’ – the poverty crisis laid bare
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Child poverty
  • Apr 7, 2021
Teachers feed and clothe pupils hit by Covid pandemic
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Coronavirus Disadvantaged pupils Child poverty
  • Apr 7, 2021
Schools 'a lifeline to many students' in past year'
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Coronavirus Child poverty Disadvantaged pupils
  • Apr 7, 2021
Child poverty reaches record level, as charities call for ‘credible’ prevention plan
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Child poverty
  • Mar 30, 2021
Child poverty hits record high
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Child poverty
  • Mar 26, 2021
Child poverty was rising before Covid, figures show
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Coronavirus Child poverty
  • Mar 25, 2021
Child poverty is not unavoidable: Part II of the elephant in the room
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Child poverty
  • Mar 14, 2021
Child poverty can’t be the elephant in the room
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Child poverty
  • Mar 13, 2021
Labour launches Bright Future Taskforce
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Bright Future Taskforce Coronavirus Child poverty
  • Mar 7, 2021
'Terrifying poverty' of children forced to write their homework on toilet paper
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Coronavirus Lockdown School closures Child poverty Disadvantaged pupils Attainment gap
  • Feb 22, 2021
More than a million under-fives living in poverty
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Early years Child poverty
  • Feb 15, 2021
The cost of child poverty
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Child poverty
  • Feb 13, 2021
Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty 'out of the too difficult box'
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Child poverty
  • Jan 21, 2021
Scotland: 'our school had children who couldn't afford event days'
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Child poverty Scotland Primary schools Deprived areas
  • Dec 12, 2020
One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals
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Free school meals Child poverty
  • Dec 3, 2020
How can we end child poverty in the UK?
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Child poverty
  • Dec 1, 2020
Children have been let down by a shameful lack of support from this government
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Disadvantaged Spending review Child poverty
  • Nov 30, 2020
Invest in community and early years services to help tackle poverty, urges new BPS report
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Early years funding Child poverty Life chances
  • Nov 30, 2020
In schools, we see the extra harm Covid is doing to Britain's homeless children | Dani Worthington
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Coronavirus Homelessness Child poverty
  • Nov 19, 2020
Plight of homeless pupils a national scandal, Shelter warns
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Homelessness Child poverty
  • Nov 18, 2020
Living in poverty can impact children’s working memory through wear and tear on the brain and body
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Child poverty Academic achievement
  • Nov 18, 2020
More than half of teachers have worked with homeless children, survey finds
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Homelessness Safety Child poverty
  • Nov 18, 2020
Proposals to tackle child poverty
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Child poverty
  • Oct 14, 2020
Free school meal registrations rising as families struggle to feed their children
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Free school meals Child poverty Disadvantaged
  • Oct 14, 2020
Midlands and northern cities see spike in child poverty rates
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Child poverty Regional inequality
  • Oct 14, 2020
Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty
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Coronavirus Child poverty
  • Oct 14, 2020
Marcus Rashford backs MPs’ push for free school breakfasts
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Coronavirus Free breakfasts Disadvantaged pupils Child poverty
  • Oct 12, 2020
Covid-19: 'Extremely high demand' for free school meals
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Coronavirus Free school meals Child poverty
  • Oct 12, 2020
Surge in number of UK children applying for free school meals
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Coronavirus Child poverty Free school meals
  • Oct 12, 2020
Three in 10 school-aged children registered for free school meals
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Free school meals Coronavirus Child poverty
  • Oct 12, 2020
Marcus Rashford to highlight child poverty fight with special message during England vs Belgium
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Child poverty
  • Oct 11, 2020
Joseph Rowntree Report: 'Bolder ambition' needed to tackle child poverty
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Child poverty Coronavirus
  • Oct 5, 2020
Child poverty: Children should not be the collateral damage of the Covid Recession
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Child poverty Coronavirus Economic recession
  • Sep 25, 2020
Poverty in the pandemic: The impact of coronavirus on low-income families and children
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Child poverty Coronavirus
  • Aug 25, 2020
Covid rules leaving poor children 'very little to eat'
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Coronavirus Disadvantaged pupils Scotland Child poverty
  • Aug 21, 2020
Covid-19: Unicef launches first emergency response to tackle UK child food poverty
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Child poverty Hunger
  • Aug 18, 2020
Why teachers will be on the frontline of Covid fallout
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Coronavirus Child poverty
  • Aug 4, 2020
Statistics regulator finds PM made ‘incorrect’ child poverty claims
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Child poverty
  • Aug 3, 2020
The Prime Minister should apologise for misleading child poverty statistics and take urgent action to support worried families
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Child poverty
  • Jul 31, 2020
Boris Johnson repeatedly made ‘incorrect’ child poverty claims, stats watchdog says
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Child poverty
  • Jul 30, 2020
Boris Johnson reprimanded for child poverty statistics misuse
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Child poverty
  • Jul 30, 2020
PM's child poverty claims 'inaccurate,' says statistics watchdog
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Child poverty Statistical data
  • Jul 30, 2020
Boris Johnson made inaccurate statements on child poverty, investigation finds
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Child poverty Statistical data
  • Jul 30, 2020
Boris Johnson repeatedly made false claims about child poverty, stats watchdog rules
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Child poverty Statistical data
  • Jul 30, 2020

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