Almost two thirds of children are living in poverty in the North East’s most deprived neighbourhoods - see how yours compares ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s right-wing government—with just nine months in office—is now the only Labour government in history that ...

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 of ...

Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

The Work and Pensions Secretary told The Mirror child poverty "will be going down" - despite a grim official analysis of her ...

Schools are paying for cookers, beds and food for families living in poverty, school leaders have said. More pupils are ...

A record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK, official figures branded a ‘source of national shame’ showed today. New Department for Work and Pensions data revealed the number ...

The number of children living in poverty across the UK has reached a new record high, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions. Some 4.45m children were estimated to be in ...

A long-delayed draft anti-poverty strategy will be sent to executive ministers on Monday for consideration, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said. Earlier this month, Stormont's executive ...

A quarter of a million people, including 50,000 children, will be pushed into poverty as a result of welfare reforms, according to an impact assessment that the UK government published alongside c ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached a record high of almost 4.5 million, in statistics branded “a source of ...

Redirecting surplus energy to give free hot water to households at risk of fuel poverty both improves the efficiency of renewable generation and supports vulnerable people.