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📢 PODCAST ALERT 🎙🎧
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What has happened to #childpoverty in #UK?
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What can other countries learn to do (or not!) to tackle child #poverty
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Listen to now to episode 59 for our conversation with Baroness Ruth Lister
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Hosted by @keetieroelen.bsky.social
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October 30, 2026 at 7:42 AM
huiasue.bsky.social
🍃🌹🌿 Yes #Greens policies end ALL #poverty - not just #ChildPoverty

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For people and planet
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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November 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
newsramp.com
Marine Toys for Tots is proving generosity goes beyond the holidays. At a recent Florida event, 3,480 toys reached 2,570 children in need. As National Child Poverty Day arrives Oct. 17, every child deserves to feel valued and hopeful. #ToysForTots #ChildPoverty
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November 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
Full report: NZ feeds 40m people around the world - yet this govt leaves more than 250,000 NZ children going without sufficient food & many homeless. This is a choice‼️ #PartyVoteGreen✅ +🖤❤️or ✅✅ to end #ChildPoverty www.salvationarmy.org.nz/wp-content/u...
November 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
huiasue.bsky.social
🌹🌿A manifesto for Kiwi kids living in #hardship
Too many #NZ children live with material hardship, & households with #disabled people are severely hard-hit. Their rate of severe material hardship is almost 4x higher, #ChildPoverty Coalition says #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen✅ newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/03/a...
November 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
keetieroelen.bsky.social
I had such a rich conversation with Baroness Ruth Lister about why #childpoverty increased so much in the last few decades in #UK and how the #strategy might begin to address this.
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Listen now to hear from her decades of experience, first with @cpaguk.bsky.social and now as peer in House of Lords!
October 30, 2026 at 7:47 AM
dailynorthern.com
Iceland’s child benefit system needs a complete overhaul #childbenefits #childpoverty #Iceland
Iceland’s child benefit system needs a complete overhaul
Iceland’s child benefit system should be reviewed from the ground up, according to Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, chair of parliament’s welfare committee. She presented 14 measures to combat child poverty in Iceland on Thursday, mbl.is reported. The measures were developed by a working group app…
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October 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
dailynorthern.com
Iceland’s child benefit system needs a complete overhaul #childbenefits #childpoverty #Iceland
Iceland’s child benefit system needs a complete overhaul
Iceland’s child benefit system should be reviewed from the ground up, according to Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, chair of parliament’s welfare committee. She presented 14 measures to combat child poverty in Iceland on Thursday, mbl.is reported. The measures were developed by a working group app…
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October 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
dailynorthern.com
Inga Sæland says poverty shaped her political mission #childpoverty #Iceland #IngaSæland
Inga Sæland says poverty shaped her political mission
Inga Sæland, Iceland’s education and children’s minister, says her experience of raising a family in poverty shaped her decision to enter politics and drives her work against child poverty, mbl.is reports. Fourteen measures to tackle child poverty in Iceland were presented at a symposium at the V…
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October 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Inga Sæland says poverty shaped her political mission #childpoverty #Iceland #IngaSæland
Inga Sæland says poverty shaped her political mission
Inga Sæland, Iceland’s education and children’s minister, says her experience of raising a family in poverty shaped her decision to enter politics and drives her work against child poverty, mbl.is reports. Fourteen measures to tackle child poverty in Iceland were presented at a symposium at the V…
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October 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Minister calls 10,500 children in low-income households a national disgrace #childpoverty #education #Iceland
Minister calls 10,500 children in low-income households a national disgrace
Iceland’s education and children’s affairs minister, Inga Sæland, has called it “a national disgrace” that 10,500 children in the country live below the low-income threshold, mbl.is reports. She was speaking at a conference on child poverty held at Veröld – House of Vigdís, where 14 measures to t…
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October 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Minister calls 10,500 children in low-income households a national disgrace #childpoverty #education #Iceland
Minister calls 10,500 children in low-income households a national disgrace
Iceland’s education and children’s affairs minister, Inga Sæland, has called it “a national disgrace” that 10,500 children in the country live below the low-income threshold, mbl.is reports. She was speaking at a conference on child poverty held at Veröld – House of Vigdís, where 14 measures to t…
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October 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
dailynorthern.com
Iceland to present first comprehensive plan to tackle child poverty #childpoverty #Iceland #socialpolicy
Iceland to present first comprehensive plan to tackle child poverty
Iceland’s Ministry of Education and Children is due to present the country’s first comprehensive strategy and action plan to tackle child poverty, mbl.is reports. The presentation and a symposium are scheduled for 8:30 to 10:30 at Veröld – House of Vigdís. The event will examine how families’ fin…
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October 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM
dailynorthern.com
Iceland to present first comprehensive plan to tackle child poverty #childpoverty #Iceland #socialpolicy
Iceland to present first comprehensive plan to tackle child poverty
Iceland’s Ministry of Education and Children is due to present the country’s first comprehensive strategy and action plan to tackle child poverty, mbl.is reports. The presentation and a symposium are scheduled for 8:30 to 10:30 at Veröld – House of Vigdís. The event will examine how families’ fin…
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October 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM
dailynorthern.com
Save the Children says welfare cuts hit low-income families #childpoverty #families #socialsecurity
Save the Children says welfare cuts hit low-income families
Social security cuts are affecting the daily lives of families with low incomes, according to a Save the Children report published by Yle. More than 80 per cent of children in the lowest-income families said their household’s financial situation had worsened over the past year, the organisation’s…
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October 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
robertson1970.bsky.social
#Children #ChildPoverty #Inequality #Poverty
Four million children live in poverty in the UK
October 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
dailyalpine.com
Vorarlberg groups condemn planned social assistance cuts #childpoverty #socialassistance #Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg groups condemn planned social assistance cuts
Vorarlberg social organisations have criticised planned cuts under a new, nationally standardised social assistance system, ORF reported. The federal government agreed on the long-planned reform on Thursday, with new rates for children and reductions for people judged not to be making sufficient …
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October 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
parliamentconnect.bsky.social
Perran Moon says Cornwall’s coastlines hide deep deprivation, with child poverty above 40% in some Camborne, Redruth and Hayle neighbourhoods.

Perran Moon (Labour)
Westminster Hall, 20 October 2026

#CamborneRedruth #UK #ParliamentConnect #ChildPoverty #CamborneAndRedruth #Cornwall
October 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
lawrsuk.bsky.social
Does this strategy truly consider the vulnerability that migrant children face? Does the Government realise how the Home Office's proposed policies will increase long-term child poverty? (2/2)

You can read their second piece here: buff.ly/X4vZZoq

#ChildPoverty #MigrantRights #UKPolicy
October 21, 2026 at 11:01 AM
devanalytics.bsky.social
📚 A new OECD report, Spending Better for Children through Social Policy (2026), explores how governments can make more effective use of public resources to improve outcomes for children and reduce child poverty.

🔗Learn more: lnkd.in/p/dTfsqaBc

#ChildPoverty #SocialPolicy #PublicFinance #ECD
October 20, 2026 at 8:27 AM
aliceking.bsky.social
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When did keeping children from starving become controversial? #childpoverty #nokidhungry #foodinsecurity #povertyinamerica #fypシ
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October 19, 2026 at 1:16 AM
childrenparliament.bsky.social
Every child deserves a good childhood, politicians and decision-makers responsible for child poverty policy won't know what that looks like unless they talk to children.

#ChildPoverty

@savechildrensco.bsky.social
October 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
dailyalpine.com
Children’s rights network calls for national strategy to tackle child poverty #childpoverty #childrensrights #Switzerland
Children’s rights network calls for national strategy to tackle child poverty
Some 114,000 children in Switzerland are affected by poverty and a further 315,000 are at risk, SRF reports. The Children's Rights Network Switzerland is calling for a national strategy, saying children in single-parent households and large families face particular risks. The network says child p…
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October 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
nacwgscot.bsky.social
Scotland continues to miss key child poverty targets, with higher rates among lone parents, disabled families and minority ethnic households. Ahead of #EndPoverty Day, Amanda Amaeshi reflects on the figures. #ChildPoverty #GenderEquality
October 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
larrypattisonjr.bsky.social
24,000 Reasons Why | My commitment to reduce child and youth poverty in Hamilton.

"I would work to strengthen communication and partnerships between schools and local community organizations, including places of worship, sports groups and youth clubs.

#HamOnt #HWDSB #OntEd #OnPoli #ChildPoverty
October 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM