Dr Rhian Croke, Children’s Legal Centre Wales New data published on April 9th 2026, from UK Home Office custody statistics indicate that 157 children were s ...

Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter A UK minister appeared to “row back” on a commitment to devolve powers over probation and youth justice to Wales, with Westminster set to retain responsibility. In 2...

People are going hungry in England because England, to the detriment of the poor, has forgotten its legal history. Nearly eight hundred years ago, in 1216 English law first recognized a right to food....

Sara, a mother to three young children, shares how the two-child limit on benefits impacts her and her family

Innocenti Report Card 19: Growing up in a wealthy country with abundant resources does not a guarantee a happy, healthy childhood

GENEVA  - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemned the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, urging the international community to pressure Israel to allow immediate and sust...

Martin Shipton The number of disabled people living in poverty in Wales will undoubtedly increase without a rethink of changes to disability benefits, experts have warned. New analysis shows that incr...

On Wednesday 21 May, Disability Wales and its members will travel to Westminster for a mass lobby against cruel disability benefit cuts

Abolishing the two-child limit would be the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty; if it is not scrapped, we project that 4.8 million children (34 per cent) will be in poverty by 2029-30, in...

The minimum cost of education parents in the UK must meet is now over £1,000 a year for a child at primary school and nearly £2,300 a year for a child at secondary school.

Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar

Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar

Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments

The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached a record high of almost 4.5 million, in statistics branded “a source of national shame”. The official figure comes a day after Government...

Council of Europe Strasbourg 12 March 2025

Despite global commitments to poverty eradication, it is anticipated that 575 million people will still live in extreme poverty by 2030. Traditional poverty reduction strategies, which focus on economic growth measured by GDP and post-market redistribution, have exacerbated inequality and environmental degradation while failing to deliver on their promises. Addressing this critical impasse, the Special […]