Children in the most deprived areas of the UK face higher death rates as childhood poverty continues to rise, according to ...

There were 3.16 million homes in fuel poverty - 13.2 per cent of households - in England in 2020, official figures show. Under measurements brought in last year, a household is in fuel poverty if ...

Businesses and charities across England offered free meals for children on Monday, in a public relations fiasco for the Conservative government which voted last week not to provide food vouchers for ...

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and the club's top scorer Wayne Rooney have paid tribute to Marcus Rashford for the forward's role in tackling child food poverty in England amid the ...

Government cuts have inflicted “unnecessary misery in one of the richest countries in the world”, a UN investigation into poverty in Britain has found. Professor Philip Alston, a United Nations ...

It is estimated that at least 900,000 children living in poverty in England are missing out on free school meals (FSMs) but, in a newly released article, three University of Manchester academics argue ...

"Chauvinistic" debates on immigration are distracting ministers from tackling the child poverty "emergency", the founder of the Big Issue has told Sky News. Lord John Bird, a crossbench peer, said ...

Ambitious reform, underpinned by a new social contract built on mutual obligation and shared responsibility, is required to ...

What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle What is life like in Starmer's UK? — Image by © Tim Sandle A lack of food has become the biggest ...

Having a targeted social tariff for those in need could help lift low income homes out of fuel poverty while also benefiting ...