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A large-scale survey of secondary school children shows those on low incomes are missing school because they can’t afford what they need to attend.

Parents pay at least £1,000 a year to send a child to state primary school in the UK and nearly £2,300 to secondary school – a jump in costs of 16% and 30% respectively since 2022, far outstripping both inflation (8%) and earnings growth (12%) during the same period, new research from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) finds.  

Scottish policies “are working to shift the dial on child poverty” say campaigners as official statistics show child poverty falling

Cuts to UK social security will push children into poverty, undermining progress being made in Scotland.

But campaigners say immediate above inflation increases are needed to the Scottish child payment to deliver the “lasting solutions” promised

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New analysis from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) show 10 000 children pulled into poverty by two child limit since Labour took office

Our new report with the Food Foundation reveals the breakdown by local authority – ranging from 1,000 children in York to 14,000 in Bradford.

England has a much higher proportion of children in poverty who are ineligible for free school meals compared to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but all nations can do more, new analysis from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) reveals.

First Minister is right to make child poverty the ‘first priority’ in his Programme for Government but more investment is needed