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‘Devastating’ if Tories break promise to uprate benefits in line with inflation

Failing to meet a commitment to increase benefits in line with inflation would lead to disabled people “starving and freezing in their own homes”, a charity has warned. As the Government looks to cut spending, neither Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng nor ...

29 Sept 2022 at 23:17

GMB’s Laura Tobin reveals unusual breakfast on air after late night

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin showed viewers she was eating chicken nuggets for breakfast and spilt her drink on air having overslept after the programme won a charity news quiz. The ITV breakfast show team beat 30 competing ...

18 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Thousands of children missing out on early social care help

A charity has revealed there were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months. Data taken from 2015/16 to 2019/20 showed this would have impacted an estimated ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Families ‘will still face enormous challenges in making ends meet’

Families will still face enormous challenges in making ends meet, despite the support package unveiled to combat the cost-of-living crisis, according to money experts. Charities also said Chancellor Rishi Sunak is “kidding himself” if he ...

26 May 2022 at 16:59

Personal Finance

Cost-of-living crisis worrying children and teenagers, survey finds

More than nine in 10 (93%) 11 to 18-year-olds are aware of the cost-of-living crisis, a survey has found. Around three-fifths (61%) in this age group worry about their parents or guardians not having enough money for them to do what ...

31 May 2022 at 01:01

Personal Finance

Nearly half of children from low-income households ‘worry about finances’

Nearly a third (30%) of children worry about their family having enough to live on comfortably as the cost of living crisis deepens, according to a charity. Action for Children commissioned surveys of more than 5,000 adults and ...

28 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Plans to help householders cope with energy costs ‘woefully inadequate’

The Government’s plans to help households cope with soaring energy bills are “woefully inadequate”, fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has said. NEA’s comments followed energy regulator Ofgem confirming that its ...

03 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Number of people in poverty in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

The number of people living in poverty in the UK has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, with a children’s charity accusing the Government of knowing what help is needed but choosing not to give it. A total of 14.4 ...

23 Mar 2023 at 11:24

Scotland

New scheme aims to protect children from serious organised crime groups

A new scheme to protect children and young people from being exploited by serious organised crime groups is being developed by the prosecution service and other partners. It will aim to raise awareness of criminal ...

06 Mar 2023 at 00:01

School meals ‘should be free for all just like desks and chairs’

All children across the UK should get free school meals according to a coalition of campaigners who say food should be available in the same way as books, desks and chairs. More than 40 organisations, unions, ...

09 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Big names in British broadcasting come together for annual charity news quiz

Big names in British broadcasting came together on Thursday for a night of current affairs trivia to raise money for the UK’s leading children’s charity, Action For Children. Famous faces attending the event ...

10 Mar 2023 at 10:23

‘Councils in doom-spiral of unsustainable spending on children’s services’

Councils in England are in a “worsening doom-spiral of unsustainable spending” when it comes to children’s social care, according to a new report. Millions more has been spent on children’s services in ...

14 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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