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HISTORICAL FACTS: Action for children | History Defined

More children are living in poverty despite both parents working, study shows

Around three-quarters of children in poverty in the UK live in working households, new research has found

The Independent UK

Kate donates ‘Catherine’s Rose’ to prison’s mother and baby unit

The princess visited HMP Styal in Cheshire last February in her role as patron of Action for Children.

Evening Standard

Anna Maxwell Martin stars in festive film to raise money for children in poverty

The actress is an ambassador for the charity Action For Children.

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Actor Brian Cox asks Government to act on poverty after living ‘brutal reality’

The Succession actor has backed Action For Children’s call for the Government to lift more than one million children out of poverty.

Evening Standard

Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in five years, analysis finds

Lifting two-child benefit cap ‘single most cost-effective policy’ for government, charity finds

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Why Princess Kate Was Shouted at by Inmates During Prison Visit

The Princess of Wales visited HMP Styal to learn more about its program for new and expectant mothers.

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MoJ apologises to woman subjected to racism in prison mother and baby unit

The woman, who is black, was told to go back to her country, while her baby boy was referred to as a ‘monkey’

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Princess of Wales ‘wolf whistled’ by prisoners on women’s prison visit

The Princess of Wales made the promotion of early years development of children one of the key elements of her public work.

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Princess Kate Brings Back a Familiar Blazé Milano Coat After Palace's Rare Comment on Her Style

The Princess of Wales wore the same outfit during a hospital visit last month.

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Child poverty to fall in Scotland but rise in rest of UK, major report projects

SCOTLAND will be the only part of the UK to see child poverty rates fall over the next four years, a major new report has found ...

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75% of young people ‘fear money worries will mean anxious family Christmas’

More than a third of children and young adults think their family will be worse off financially this Christmas compared with 2023, a charity said.

Evening Standard

‘Waiting for NHS care and lack of suitable jobs among parents’ barriers to work’

Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce

PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap

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Can you spot the signs of parental burnout? A parenting coach shares 7 symptoms and ideas on how you can cope with it

Parental burnout is not uncommon, but it can feel hard to overcome. One expert has shared her top tips...

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Charlotte Church surprises young carers’ choir as new coach before gala event

Every member of Action for Children’s 12-strong choir from Wales are young cares for a relative.

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Number of lone child asylum seekers in England rises by almost a third in a year

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are separated from both parents or any other responsible adult.

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Jeremy Hunt urged not to use sharp fall in inflation to squeeze benefits

Charities say it would be indefensible to raise working age benefits in line with CPI figure for October instead of September

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‘Cost of children crisis’: UK parents on coping with half-term on a shoestring

As food and heating costs rise with children at home, compromises range from washing less to cancelling holidays

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Number of children living in extreme poverty nearly triples in five years

One million children were living in extreme poverty in 2022, according to estimates by a research charity

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Children refusing to go to school a big issue for parents, says charity

Parents and carers struggling with the issue of school refusal said Covid-19 lockdowns had an impact on their children, Action For Children found.

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Families with children most likely to suffer cost-of-living hardship – study

The Chancellor has been called on to address a ‘cost-of-children crisis’ in the forthcoming autumn statement as research highlights family struggles.

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Scotland's approach to child poverty scores major praise from Northern Ireland

A CHILDREN’S charity manager in Northern Ireland has called for the country to follow in Scotland’s footsteps and introduce policy emulating the…

The Independent UK

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

The analysis said there is ‘almost universal acceptance that the current system is failing’.

The Guardian - UK

Children referred to social care twice as likely to fail GCSE maths and English

Research found 53% of teenagers in England who had been referred to services did not achieve a pass in both subjects

The Independent UK

Children referred to social care ‘twice as likely to fail GCSE maths or English’

Action for Children said it had analysed 1.6 million children’s results across England from 2019 to 2021.

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