The details of the Chancellor’s budget make clear that far more is needed to tackle the social and financial damage caused by our lack of social and genuinely affordable housing. The OBR is now predicting that the Government will fail to meet its 1.5m target for new homes. More concerningly, it reports that councils Read more…
Coronavirus crisis: what are the next steps for children in the UK?
In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, Save the Children raised concerns that the pandemic would be felt most acutely by families living in poverty in the UK. It was clear, even in March, that children would be hit hard – not just by the significant health risks of the virus, but by having Read more…
Protecting children in poverty during the coronavirus crisis
We are all struggling to get our heads around the crisis that is unfolding. What we do know is that families in poverty will be feeling the economic effects most acutely. We must not forget the children who will bear the brunt of their parents being left without work, or whose worlds have been turned Read more…
The PM has done right by British business, but what about struggling families?
With schools and nurseries closing and people facing lay-offs and cuts in pay, hard-up Brits need more help to get their families through the corona crisis. Even before coronavirus, four million children lived in poverty. Plenty of readers know the headaches of juggling growing bills and shrinking pay. Boris Johnson has rightly stepped in to Read more…
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