A decade of austerity-driven cuts to the UK welfare system means that half of all children from lone parent families are now living in ‘relative poverty’.Read more
Around two thirds of households with children have seen their incomes cut since the global pandemic hit two years ago, according to a new report.Read more
Almost two million children in England – one in five – are living in overcrowded, unaffordable or unsuitable homes, says the National Housing Federation in its annual ‘state of the nation’ report on England’s housing...Read more
Poverty levels among children growing up in the north of England are getting increasingly worse compared to many of their peers across the country.Read more
A taskforce of some of the EU’s most prominent child rights organisations has thrown its weight behind the European Child Guarantee, aimed at making sure impoverished children have access to the most basic human rights.Read more
Children who live below the poverty line in Vancouver are one of the key focus areas of a new open data dashboard tracking the city’s progress against health and wellbeing indicators.Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to more people using UK food banks for the first time, with families with children being the hardest hit, says a new report.
And the problem is set to get worse...Read more
National governments must give municipalities the financial and technical support needed to help protect vulnerable children living in cities worldwide from the far-reaching effects of COVID-19.Read more
India’s government has been told it must learn from this pandemic and create a robust, equitable and sustainable infrastructure for the urban poor – and especially its disease-prone children.
Unhygienic conditions and malnourishment presents a serious...Read more
Save The Children says more than a quarter of all families with children in Spain are living in poverty, with most of them in three-generation households.
The Families at Risk report is based on a detailed...Read more
The pressing issue of child poverty in western cities has brought together professionals from across the world to debate and share ideas for solutions to what has become a global concern.
Child Poverty in Western...Read more
Child poverty in western cities is a problem often masked by cities’ wealthier areas and conurbations. One such example is Leeds in northern England, which next month hosts the Child Poverty in Western Cities international...Read more
Child poverty in The Netherlands remains a significant problem, with around eight per cent of children officially defined as ‘poor’, says a report.
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, (Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, or SCP) which...Read more
