Opinion

To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to look again at migration

The no recourse to public funds policy is aimed at “temporary migrants”. But many children in households subject to the policy are British-born or have spent most of their childhood in the UK. The ...
CNN

The child poverty rate fell by nearly half in 2021 as enhanced child tax credit sent billions of dollars to families

The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of ...
NPR

Poverty and uninsured rates drop, thanks to pandemic-era policies

The Census Bureau released some heartening news Tuesday. Child poverty is at a historic low, according to the bureau's annual report on income, poverty and health insurance. And the rate of Americans ...
Reuters

Colombia poverty declined in 2021, but still above pre-pandemic levels

BOGOTA, April 26 (Reuters) - Poverty levels in Colombia fell last year versus 2020, amid an economic recovery in the Andean country, but have yet to return to levels seen before the coronavirus ...