The report analyses how fiscal policy was used in the first year of the pandemic to support the most vulnerable groups. It also sheds light on the impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on poverty ...

In Northern Ireland, the recent Child Poverty Strategy, concluded in 2022, failed to ‘turn the curve’ and reduce numbers of children living in poverty, impacting on health, educational and wellbeing ...

At 22%, the annual figures for relative child poverty in 2023/24 were above the interim target of 18% (Alamy/PA) John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more ...

The figure has risen sharply since 2021 and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) predicts 4.8 million children will be in poverty by the end of this Parliament in 2029-30. It is calling for the ...

Child poverty is set to increase under a Labour government for the first time in history and an "alternative path" is needed to stop the rise of Reform UK, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned.

John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more challenging” as a result of the welfare changes made in the Chancellor’s spring statement. The First Minister spoke after figures ...

Child poverty reached almost 4.5 million in 2024, the highest level for more than 20 years in the United Kingdom, according to PA Media reports. The number of children living in poverty in the UK ...

This initiative not only addresses food poverty but also tackles educational inequality by providing essential nutrition and extra teaching to some of the UK's most disadvantaged children. Expressing ...

Broadly speaking, the process of a RAG system is simple to understand.It starts with the user sending a prompt - a question or request. This natural language prompt and the associated query are ...