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The novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the new children’s laureate. At a ceremony in Leeds today, the author behind critically acclaimed children’s books like ‘Millions’ and ‘Framed’, was handed the prestigious medal by his predecessor Joseph Coelho. Mr Cottrell-Boyce has vowed to use his two years in the role to champion the…
Labour’s last prime minister, Gordon Brown, has warned that food banks are increasingly taking over from the welfare state and called for urgent action by the current government.
Our FactCheck reporter Georgina Lee explains the benefits and risks of vaccinating both children and adults with the Pfizer jab.
Asylum seekers and people on student visas or spousal visas have no access to public funds, which is a condition of their residency.
Families on housing benefit can’t afford 9 out of 10 privately rented homes in England – pushing many into homelessness.
Young mothers seeking to work and become financially independent are struggling against a background of low pay, zero hours contracts and benefit cuts, according to the charity The Young Women’s Trust.
Latest figures show more than two thirds of people who appeal a decision finding them fit for work have that decision overturned at tribunal, but the government insist the system is working well for most people.
Figures out today show that there are now more than four million children living in poverty in the UK.
68,000 households have had their benefits cut for the first time, losing around £50 a week under a government cap designed to slash the welfare bill. And the latest figures show that the cuts are still hitting thousands of single parents with children under two. That’s despite a high court ruling back in June that…
The government’s benefit cap policy was ruled to be unlawful in June. But new figures show more single parents are subject to the cap than before. FactCheck investigates.
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How much The Resolution Foundation came up with the following graphs to show how the three main UK parties are altering the graph lines on inter-generational benefits distribution.
Charities claim hard-hit families could lose thousands of pounds a year – thanks to the two child limit on universal credit. We meet those already struggling to manage.
Should we test the teeth of asylum seekers who claim to be children? How many “child” refugees are lying about their age?
The Prime Minister said “we now know that, at any one time, around 40 percent of all recent European Economic Area migrants are supported by the UK benefits system”.
The explosion in tablet computers and smartphones has turned British children into a nation of technology junkies, according to an exclusive Channel 4 News poll released today.