Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According ...

Coordinated action and binding targets are required The UK government published its long awaited child poverty strategy at the end of 2025. It lands amid the highest levels of child poverty in the UK ...

Some 6.8 million now live in extreme hardship, the highest in three decades, following the two-child welfare policy change.

Poverty in Britain remains stubbornly high, with more than one in five people now living in deprivation, a new report has ...

About 6.8 million people — almost half of all of those in poverty — are living in "very deep poverty" in the UK, the Joseph ...

United Nation Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier de Schutter visited the UK in November and denounced the levels of poverty in the country maintained by the Conservative ...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to slash £15 billion in public spending in the Labour government’s Spring Statement has already thrown tens of thousands of children deeper into poverty. The cuts ...

At Hartlepool Baby Bank, volunteers work tirelessly to support 100 to 150 families each week – families who can’t afford to buy underwear for their children, or need warm blankets and beds to stop ...

Report reveals that nearly 7 million people are living on well below the UK median income as the nation’s poorest get even poorer.

Over four million children will still be living in poverty by 2029, the government’s own analysis has forecast, marking a ...

Child poverty and caregiver mental health problems have large negative impacts on the health of the next generation, finds a large-scale study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Led by ...

A misleading comparison of child poverty rates across Nordic countries and the UK has been made on social media by using incorrect and out-of-date data. A Sept. 11 post, opens new tab titled “Child ...