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Children who claim free school meals earn less as adults despite education – ONS

The ONS said data showed a “persistent earnings gap” between those who received free school meals and other students.

The Independent UK

North Ayrshire Council agrees to new measures to tackle child poverty

North Ayrshire Council has approved a new action plan to tackle child poverty, which has risen faster in the area than throughout Scotland as a whole

The National (Scotland)

More than one in five children in Dumfries and Galloway living in poverty

More than 5,000 kids are deemed to be caught in the poverty trap

Daily Record

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Damning report shows that almost 20 per cent of children in Renfrewshire are living in poverty

More than 5,000 children in Renfrewshire and more than 2,000 in East Renfrewshire classified as living in poverty by new report.

Daily Record

Half of all children in lone-parent families are in relative poverty

Exclusive: IFS study shows impact of Tory cuts to benefits and cost of living crisis on single mothers

The Guardian - UK

Damning report shows 'reckless' two-child limit must be scrapped, says MP

THE Tories are continuing to ignore the harm caused by the two-child limit, the SNP’s shadow chancellor has said, after a fresh report proved the…

The National (Scotland)

Cost of living: More than 120,000 of Britain’s poorest families set to miss out on help due to benefits cap

IFS deputy director urges ministers to increase benefit cap and warns families could be ‘trapped’

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Tory MP urged to apologise over claim food bank users ‘cannot cook properly’

Labour branded his remarks ‘beyond belief’, whilst the Liberal Democrats described them as ‘disgraceful’ and the SNP ‘reprehensible’.

The Independent UK

Two-child policy hasn’t made UK families smaller, only poorer, finds report

Exclusive: research shows benefits cut has barely changed fertility rates and pushed thousands of British families deeper into poverty

The Guardian - UK

Eight DWP benefits that will not rise this month despite cost of living crisis

Amid the worsening cost of living crisis, most benefits such as Personal Independence Payment are set to rise starting this week — but some payments will remain the same

Glasgow Live

Eight DWP payments that won't be going up in April despite soaring cost of living

There'll be a rise in some payments from this week - but some people still won't have any extra money in their pockets

Wales Online

Anger as £150 cost of living grant is used to reduce council tax

Campaigners say the grant should have been paid as a lump sum to give struggling families a much needed cash injection.

Daily Record

Number of people in poverty fell during first year of pandemic

Incomes for poorer families rose in 2020/21 thanks to state support, but experts say the Universal Credit cut makes their prospects ‘much bleaker’.

The Independent UK

10 DWP payments won't be rising in April including benefit cap

Millions of benefits claimants across the UK will see their payments from the Department for Work and Pensions rise in April, but certain amounts will remain the same

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