Children living in 'Dickensian' poverty, commissioner warns

Over 1.6m children hit by two-child cap as Labour urged to drop ‘brutal’ policy

The number of children affected by the cap since Labour’s election victory has grown to 300,000

North East has worst childhood obesity levels in England as families hit with 'crushing' poverty

Almost one in four Year 6 children in the North East are living with obesity, a new report warning of rising levels of food insecurity across the North has found

Children in England living in 'almost Dickensian poverty,' report says

Almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty and the report comes as the government faces growing pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit.

Children in England living in 'Dickensian' poverty, major report warns

CHILDREN in England are living in “Dickensian” poverty, according to a major new report which calls on the UK Government to scrap the two-child…

Some children in UK growing up in 'Dickensian' poverty: Report

Children are growing up in unheated homes, without proper places to eat, lacking privacy in bathrooms, and without safe routes to school, and many have internalized these conditions as normal - Anadolu Ajansı

Child poverty: Children living in 'Dickensian' conditions - commissioner

Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza says one told her "in the night rats came and bit his face".