child poverty
Majority of Britons support raising taxes on online gambling to fund efforts to tackle child poverty, poll finds
It comes as former Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to hike gambling taxes so she can lift benefit restrictions at her autumn Budget.
Almost half of parents in low-income families say they will likely need a foodbank this summer
Two in five families (39%) said they would likely use a clothing bank
Scotland has had lower poverty rates than UK for two decades, analysis shows
“The biggest single factor is the level of social security available for families."
SNP to end two-child benefit cap, as pressure mounts on Labour to do the same
"Families can't wait any longer, they've waited for the UK government and there's been no action."
Labour extends free school meals to 500,000 more children
'Feeding more children every day, for free, is one of the biggest interventions we can make to put more money in parents’ pockets, tackle the stain of poverty, and set children up to learn.'
Gordon Brown reiterates call for government to drop two-child benefit cap
'We’re dealing with a wrong diagnosis of the poverty problem, poverty used to be related to unemployment, it’s now low pay.'