Child Poverty

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Bakery delivering breakfast to children struggling with the cost of living

The Big River Bakery in Shieldfield is making 400 breakfast bags every month to support school children as the cost of living continues to rise.

2 Nov

MEALS CHILDREN ANGLIA

Children 'fearing half term' because of holiday hunger

Calls are growing for an expansion of free school meals, as charities say one in three children living in poverty miss out a free school lunch.

21 Oct

Raising benefits in line with wages ‘would push 200,000 children into poverty’

Campaigners have warned ministers ‘U-turning on children’s futures cannot be an option’, as they face calls to uprate the welfare payments in real terms.

9 Oct

Child poverty gap between North East and UK average hits 20-year high

Fuel Poverty: 'It's just too much, it's a constant worry' says single mum

Child poverty increasing in key worker households, study finds

Figures show North East has highest rates of poverty among key worker children

Food bank feeds 100 people in two hours in country's child poverty rate hotspot

One child in nursery eats dinner in bed to stay warm as families feel the crunch

The added strain for families with disabled children amid rising cost of living

Holiday Hunger mum: 'I’d probably have three very hungry kids' without foodbank

Almost a third of North East children worry about money, research finds

Campaigner from South East fights against 'untenable' rising cost of living

25,000 children in Yorkshire and the Humber at risk of eviction this winter

Warning of 'stark inequality' between children in North and rest of England