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Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised

The Guardian - UK

My gift to Labour: a chance for it to act on child poverty

Letters: Big Issue founder and crossbench peer John Bird on his amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill

The Guardian - UK

It’s not a rich list – it’s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ‘extreme wealth’

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as such, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation

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‘I had to borrow money from friends and family during my maternity leave – I felt ashamed and humiliated’

Campaigners warn statutory maternity pay is pushing new mothers into poverty

The Independent UK

US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts

President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S. families with children.

The Conversation

‘Where conflict, poverty and climate collide’: Number of internally displaced people tops 80 million

With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them.

Euronews

Fewer children able to grip pencils properly as motor skills decline

77% of respondents to a YouGov survey said there had been a deterioration in fine motor skills over the last five years

Evening Standard

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Four in five teachers say Government will miss its ‘school ready’ target – poll

The majority of primary school teachers believe a lack of affordable childcare has negatively impacted children being ready for school.

The Independent UK

Labour must tackle poverty to hold back Reform UK, says Big Issue founder

Exclusive: John Bird warns government has ‘lost trust of its supporters’ as he tables amendment to schools bill

The Guardian - UK

Big Issue founder steps up anti-poverty campaign

Lord John Bird is urging the government to do more to tackle poverty.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer just gave the most appalling response to spiralling inequality

During a fiery session at Prime Minister’s Questions on 7 May, Lib Dem MP Roz Savage put Keir Starmer on the spot over the growing gap between rich and poor

The Fashion Central

Revealed: The increasing cost of sending a child to school in the UK

The cost of sending children to school in the UK has ‘significantly increased’ since 2022, a report has found

The Independent UK

Parents paying hundreds of pounds more a year to send child to school – report

The cost of sending a child to a state secondary school is £2,275 a year – and the cost for primary school exceeds £1,000 a year, research suggests.

The Independent UK

Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis ‘honoured’ to accept philanthropy award

Comic Relief is recognised for how it has addressed poverty and inequality in the UK and internationally.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show

Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts

Salon

Amazon blows off its poorest shoppers

Barbs between Amazon and the White House illustrate the everyday dehumanization of America’s poorest

Evening Standard

Swinney accused of ‘treading water’ over Government plans for the next year

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney insisted his programme for government is a ‘programme for a better Scotland’.

The Conversation

Are kids resilient? Societies and families need to offer supports and relationships to nurture resilience

“Kids are resilient.” You have heard this before, right? You might have even said it, with the best of intentions.

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The Independent UK

Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour

The First Minister said he could not ‘fathom’ how Labour lived with itself after making billions in cuts to the benefits budget.

The Conversation

Investing in agriculture reduces poverty and inequality: economic model finds the best funding mix for 10 African countries

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these people were living in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Conversation

A basic income support grant can address extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa - economic model shows how

South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country’s per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0.65. This puts it among countries with the most unequal distribution of spending globally.

Newslaundry

Census delay cuts access to subsidised foodgrain for 120 million Indians

The Census is now four years overdue, and the budget for the exercise has been slashed indicating further delays. This is even as millions of Indians are left without access to subsidised foodgrain, pushing them to the brink of food insecurity. Evidence shows that entitlements under the Public Distribution System…

The Guardian - UK

Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns

Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform

Radio France Internationale

'Beauty exists everywhere’: Ballet builds hope for future in Nairobi slum

Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, is often reduced to images of poverty – rusted tin rooftops, open sewers and overcrowded homes. But a community project is using ballet as a means to build the confidence of the children living there.

The Texas Tribune

Private school vouchers are now law in Texas. Here’s how they will work.

Texas will give participating families about $10,000 to pay for their kids’ private schooling. Other details about the program, set to launch in 2026, are unclear.

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