Barnardos have produced a briefing ‘What children and young people need from the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy’

Changing Realities have written a blog ‘Child Poverty doesn’t end with Childhood’

Coram Family and Childcare have produced a report about the reality of ‘Early Education entitlements – the disadvantage gap’

NCB have published a report commissioned by London Councils:  ‘Meeting needs or missing needs? Assessing the proposed changes to the Children and Young People’s Services relative needs formula’

Z2K have written a blog entry called ‘Capability for What? Two key issues the Timms Review must consider’

Trust for London have released  London’s temporary accommodation crisis – the latest data

CPAG have carried out a survey looking at the cost of the education called ‘Back-to-school but blocked from learning – secondary pupils excluded by costs.

Z2K has posted a new blog looking at the forthcoming review of  personal independence payments: ‘Capability for What? Two key issues the Timms Review must consider’

Trust for London have published an article providing an assessment of the Government’s first year in office: ‘One year in: How is the government performing on poverty & inequality?’

IPPR have a new report out: ‘Reforming gambling taxation: How to lift half a million children out of poverty’

Parentkind have released new polling data on school uniform costs: ‘School Uniform Polling – August 2025’

CASE and StepChange have published a research report ‘Debt, ethnicity and local area deprivation in London’

New Economics Foundation have a new report out: ‘Nowhere to grow: The hidden harm of temporary accommodation on children’

Pro Bono Economics have published ‘The happy childhood dividend: The value of reversing a decade of decline in children’s mental health’

The London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee has announced an inquiry into current and projected trends relating to birth rates and the number of children in London and how these trends differ in inner and outer London.

ThriveLDN have released a report ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Displaced and Crisis-Affected Communities: A Review’

Centre for Young Lives’ annual report ‘State of the Nation: Identifying Vulnerable Children and Young People and Supporting Them to Thrive’ has been published.

New Economics Foundation have produced a new briefing ‘The Universal Family Childcare Promise Guaranteeing support for parents and children’

The Department for Education have released the annual statistics on government funded early education and childcare and the Early Years Alliance have written two articles analysing them:

• Wealthier families more likely to benefit from government-funded hours than most disadvantaged families, new analysis reveals
• DfE statistics show fall in early years place take-up among disadvantaged families

Child Poverty Action Group have published the results of their research on the costs of the summer holidays

Coram Family and Childcare have published their annual Holiday Childcare Survey

CPAG & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have produced a briefing ‘Child poverty on the front line of the NHS’

The DWP have released the latest breakdown of those Universal Credit Claimants affected by the 2 Child Limit and CPAG and partner organistions have carried out some very useful analysis of it here.

CAP UK have released two blogs:

• Everything you need to know about free breakfast clubs
• Where kids eat for free: summer holidays 2025

NAVCA have produced a summary of ‘What the 10 Year Health Plan means for the voluntary sector’

Datawise, Superhighways and HEAR Network have been exploring how to make accessing and interrogating VCSE sector data as easy as possible

CPAG & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have produced a briefing ‘Child poverty on the front line of the NHS’

The Guardian have reported ‘The right to an education, health and care plan must be retained – Jane Asher, Carrie Grant, Chris Packham, Anna Bird, Fazilet Hadi, Sally Phillips, Jon Sparkes and 100 others call on the government not to remove the right to an EHCP from children attending mainstream schools

Trust for London have released the latest data on London borough-level poverty (updated 2025) and also a new report called ‘A Minimum Income Standard for London 2024’ which shows half of London’s children are growing up without enough for a basic standard of living, this research shows.

The Department for Education have published ‘Giving every child the best start in life’ a strategy for improving child development

Single Homeless Project have produced a new report: ‘How do we sleep at night: women’s rough sleeping census 2024 report’

The Resolution Foundation have produced two reports:

• The bare necessities – Unpacking the rising cost of essentials for low-to-middle income Britain
• Low Pay Britain 2025

The Children’s Commissioner has published a report ‘Growing up in a low-income family: Children’s experiences ‘

Age UK London have published a new report highlighting the mounting pressures facing older Londoners, with many struggling financially, facing digital exclusion, navigating the increasing costs of housing and home maintenance, and dealing with the mental health toll of financial insecurity.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s new report: ‘Talking about wealth inequality’ was published earlier this month.

Resolution Foundation have published a new report: ‘The Living Standards Outlook 2025′

Changing Realities have published two reports:

• A further study on childcare for parents and carers on a low income, “It feels like the system is stacked against us”:
• Getting the child poverty strategy we need: a co-produced agenda for change

Action for Children have written an article called ‘Those in power need to listen to children and young people. We’re the key to their future’

Christians Against Poverty have written a submission to the 2025 Low Pay Commission Consultation

House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published the Government’s response to its report on Children in Temporary Accommodation.

Shared Health Foundation have produced a report about Children living in Temporary Accommodation

Liv, a Youth Ambassador for the End Child Poverty Coalition has written this blog to highlight what the expansion of Free School Meals eligibility means to her, and other young people.

UNICEF UK launched a new report: ‘Held back from the start: the impact of deprivation on early childhood’

Fabian Society have produced a proposed strategy called ‘First steps: An ambitious strategy to tackle early-years poverty with public consent’

Family Fund have released their ‘The Cost of Caring 2025’ report

Christians Against Poverty have released several reports:

• Client report 2025: No time to lose
• Child Poverty – Insights into the real challenges families across the UK are facing.
• The inequality of poverty – The varying risks of financial hardship individuals face due to their protected characteristics. 
• Employment – The role of employment in addressing UK poverty 

Trust for London have released analysis of the latest London poverty figures

Citizens UK and Trust for London’s new report reveals the dire state of temporary accommodation in the UK.

End Child Poverty with the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, have published data on the number of children living in poverty, in each Westminster Constituency and Local Authority across the UK.