The government has created a new ministerial taskforce for its child poverty strategy, led by Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. It is urgently needed: 4.3 million children ...
Economics & Business
Jul 24, 2024
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New research from the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool calls for unflinching conversations about what poverty and financial stress can do to families, and the impact on children's risk of entering ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2024
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The peak of the cost-of-living crisis may have passed, but millions of families are struggling to buy enough food to feed their children. Experiencing food insecurity can be deeply damaging for children and negatively affects ...
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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In England, over 80,000 children are now in care, an increase of nearly one third since 2010. We've discovered that local party politics is a factor in this. Our analysis shows that, between 2015 and 2021, six or seven more ...
Social Sciences
Feb 11, 2024
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At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn't the whole story.
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2024
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A plan to expand the child tax credit would go a long way in reducing childhood poverty in America, saving billions in future costs, says an expert on poverty and inequality at Washington University in St. Louis.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2024
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It has become an article of faith among many economists that China's pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty.
Economics & Business
Jan 8, 2024
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A one-off experience of poverty is enough to impact on a child's development, according to a new study conducted by sociologists in Trinity College Dublin.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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In a recent study, researchers have conducted a scoping review of previous studies to explore the effects of policy changes on child poverty rates. The study conducted an empirical analysis to estimate the relationship between ...
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2023
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Children are still suffering the consequences of official neglect during the first 'shock period' of the COVID-19 pandemic, when families were not widely prioritized by public policies, according to analysis published this ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2023
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