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Campaigning for an end to child poverty

31% of children in the UK are living in poverty

4.5 million children were living in poverty in the UK in 2023-24

Plans to scrap the two-child limit will lift 450,000 children out of poverty

“I remember how poverty made me feel. Always being acutely aware of your social position forces you to mature a lot earlier… At 11-years of age and knowing about your parents finances and what they can afford– no child should be in a position to know that.”

Liv, an End Child Poverty Youth Ambassador

New local data on child poverty for every constituency and local authority

New two child limit data: scrapping the policy to lift children out of poverty and boost local economies

Eight tests for the government’s child poverty strategy

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children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power

Campaigning for an end to child poverty

31% of children in the UK are living in poverty

New local data on child poverty for every constituency and local authority

New two child limit data: scrapping the policy to lift children out of poverty and boost local economies

Eight tests for the government’s child poverty strategy

Blog

Young Person’s Opinion on the Spending Review

Free School Meals Entitlement Increased

Tests for the child poverty strategy: will it help young people today?

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