Austerity kids

New shoes, school trips, a computer – millions of families cannot afford the “hidden costs” of education, and children are being bullied as a result finds a new study. Nelufar Hedayat reports.

Ahead of the European elections in May, a new survey reveals that young people in the UK feel disengaged from the European Union. But why are we so uninterested?

Teenagers today are more socially engaged than previous generations but feel that negative stereotyping is affecting their chances of finding a job, according to a report.

This is the story of Poppy Noor, a young woman who says she only made it to Cambridge because she got benefits.

Lucy Broomfield, who turned 14 the week Northern Rock collapsed, writes for Channel 4 News about growing up in austerity-hit Britain.

As Italy’s anti-government Pitchfork Movement stage protest rallies across Italy, “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News, that things are starting to change.

As violent protests spread across Italy, Channel 4 News speaks to one of the founders of the anti-austerity Pitchfork movement who says the group has been hijacked by extreme far-right groups.

Nearly nine million people in the UK are estimated to be trapped in a spiral of severe debt, not knowing where to seek advice, experts warn.

As youth unemployment in Italy reaches a new all-time high of 40.1 per cent, our newest “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News that young Italians “are unable to dream any more”.

Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.

Ireland’s seventh austerity budget set out 2.5bn euros of cuts and taxes, including cuts to benefits for under 25s. But our Austerity Kid in Dublin says many are just relieved it wasn’t worse.

The British Red Cross is teaming up with a food bank charity to help feed thousands of vulnerable people across the UK who are struggling to cope in the harsh economic climate.

Austerity kids: young people in Ireland are demonstrating against education cuts and rising student fees. One student on the march tells Channel 4 News about the “mental strain” of having no money.

As new figures suggest widespread child hunger in the UK, Krishnan speaks to Carmel McConnell, founder of a charity which delivers free breakfasts to schools and Jeanette Brumby, a London headteacher.