Child poverty

Council set to expand Free School Meals as it tackles child poverty

South Tyneside Council Leader Cllr Tracey Dixon and Chief Executive Jonathan Tew.

Concerns borough's new way of tackling child poverty might not work

South Tyneside Council Leader Cllr Tracey Dixon and Chief Executive Jonathan Tew

New ways of tackling child poverty as borough gets unwanted title

Free school meals have a key role to play in tackling child poverty.

Councillor reveals personal motive for taking up child poverty fight

South Tyneside Council is calling on the government to abolish the two-child benefit cap

Calls to scrap 'disgusting and cruel rule inflicting harm on families'

Kim McGuinness.

Mayor announces multi-million pound package to tackle child poverty

Schools were using their budgets for everything from food to toothbrushes for their students

Two thirds of poorest schools buying hungry kids food out of pocket

Leader of South Tyneside Council, Councillor Tracey Dixon is pictured with Yacub Ahmed, of South Tyneside Youth Parliament.

South Tyneside's bold plan to eradicate child poverty

North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness. Photo: NECA.

North East Mayor insists she won't back down on poverty pledge

A top teaching union has come up with a list of 10 post-election priorities that would help teachers and students most (Photo: NationalWorld/Getty Images)

Ten things teachers want from the next government

Emma Lewell-Buck, the MP for South Shields in the House of Commons. Mrs Lewell-Buck raised the issue of child poverty to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during PMQs. Photo: Parliamentlive.tv.

South Shields MP brings up child poverty issues in Parliament

Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields. Photo: Other 3rd Party.

Children in the North East at greater risk of entering care

Miners, who were the heart and soul of communities in South Tyneside.

EMMA LEWELL-BUCK MP: The Miners' Strike – 40 years on

The X Factor to return for Red Nose Day 2023

Free school meal numbers increase

Pandemic drives up free school meal numbers

A third of children in the UK are in poverty, says Kate.

KATE OSBORNE: Heartbreaking poverty suffered by our children
Every child matters, so it is heartbreaking that one in three are judged to be living in poverty in this region.
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MPs' disgust at 'deeply unequal' country after South Tyneside named among worst ...

Austerity and poverty are linked says Kate.

KATE OSBORNE: Ten years of painful austerity is affecting people’s health and we...

New data shows rapid rise in the number of children living in poverty in Britain

The Trussell Trust is appealing for donations.

Charity appeals for summer donations to foodbanks

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