Politicians urged to take child poverty out of the ‘too difficult box’
The children’s commissioner for England has urged politicians to come up with a ‘big, bold, long-term plan’ to end child…
Families
New service launched to keep families together
Lancashire County Council is developing a new way of working with families so that they can stay together, where it’s…
Plans to close 32 West Sussex children centres announced
West Sussex county councillors are set to discuss plans to reduce the number of children and family centres in the…
No gifts from Santa for one in five children this Christmas
One in five children may not get a Christmas present this year as a fifth of parents say they can’t…
Half of councils predict local childcare providers will close
More than half (58%) of local authorities in England believe local childcare providers will permanently close when Covid support ends,…
Thousands stuck in unstable temporary accommodation
A report by homeless charity Shelter has revealed 253,000 people in England are homeless and have been living in temporary…
Unicef to feed hungry UK children for the first time
UNICEF has pledged £25,000 to help community project, School Food Matters, deliver healthy breakfast food boxes to children in Southwark…
Millions of parents say they’d cancel Christmas if they could
One in six parents would cancel Christmas if they could and half of UK children think their parents will be…
