Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.

Without major and sustained intervention by the Nova Scotia government the number of children living in poverty will remain in the tens of thousands, according to a new report.

The report found Nova Scotia has the highest rate of child poverty in Atlantic Canada and the third-highest in the country — with 22.7 per cent of children living in poverty.

Labour is lifting the cruel Tory cap from April, which prevents parents from claiming Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit ...

The poverty rate in the Syracuse City School District fell more than 8 percentage points between 2023 and 2024, according to ...

Britain is set for another dodgy data scandal. In last Friday’s Reality Check newsletter I picked up on reporting from ...

A six-month listening exercise has taken place, giving support and advice to parents.

The California state Legislature has a new bicameral legislative caucus that will focus on issues affecting children and ...

UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens ...

New data collection using benefits records is expected to show lower historical child poverty figures. Families and charities continue to stress support remains essential.

In Nusa Tenggara Timur, a 10-year-old boy’s suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics. Multidimensional data show that deprivation in Indonesia often clusters long before a family is ...

The bills include age-gating social media accounts, prohibiting access to weight loss drugs, and allowing adoptees to access their birth certificates ...