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The UK saw a 20% rise in relative child income poverty rates between 2012/14 and 2019/21, the humanitarian organisation said. UK ranks worst among some of world’s richest countries on child ...
Poverty within the UK is particularly concentrated in Wales. While the relative income-poverty rate for the UK stood at 16.8% in 2014, the same poverty rate for Wales stood at 23% in the same year. [95] [96] Poverty in Wales has remained in the 25% range, with only small dips throughout the last decade. [96]
Young Lives, by its declaration, is tracing the changing lives of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam over a 20-year period. This is the time frame set by the UN to assess progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Through interviews, group work and case studies with the children, their parents ...
StreetGames is one of the UK's leading 'sport for development' charities. Through their work with a network of over 1,400 trusted local community organisations, StreetGames addresses some of the most pressing issues faced by young people growing up in underserved communities, including poor mental health, food poverty, crime and lack of employment opportunities.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK ‘must use development as a key part of our foreign policy’. Charities claim UK ‘putting politics before poverty’ in new aid strategy Skip to main ...
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The UK government intensified its efforts to respond to the cost-of-living crisis in May 2022, with a £5 billion windfall tax on energy companies to help fund a £15 billion support package for the public. The package included every household getting a £400 discount on energy bills, which would be in addition to a £150 council tax refund the ...