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Letter: Dr Jenny Patient highlights poverty in Sheffield in response to remarks by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, on Labour’s progress

The government has announced its strategy for “giving every child the best start in life”, laying out proposals covering early years care, education and support in England.

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely surviving

Food insecurity is a pressing issue across America, but in some states it’s alarmingly widespread. This article reveals the 10 U.S. states with the highest food stamp reliance, showing where communities lean on SNAP benefits most. This matters because it reflects deeper economic and policy issues—poverty, joblessness, outreach, and program…

Growing up in a trailer park with parents working minimum wage jobs, this millennial didn't have a college degree, inheritance or a financial safety net. What they did have was a job at 16, the drive to keep moving, and two decades of relentless effort that broke the cycle of…

Almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty and the report comes as the government faces growing pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit.

CHILDREN in England are living in “Dickensian” poverty, according to a major new report which calls on the UK Government to scrap the two-child…

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Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap