Become have released an open letter to the new government entitled ‘Care-experienced young people tell our new Parliament it’s Time To Show You Care’

KIDS have written a blog with some reflections opportunities for immediate fixes and long-term reform on the SEND system presented by the election result

Praxis have written a blog with a for the new government and they have a produced a video of them presenting their petition to parliament

End Child Poverty Coalition have released their analysis of new research which shows the majority of families impacted by the two-child limit are working.

The Early Education and Childcare Coalition have released a video designed to ensure that early education is on the agenda for the first 100 days of the new government

Policy in Practice have released the recording of their latest webinar entitled “Tackling child hunger by auto enrolment in Free School Meals”

London Youth have produced a new article ‘General Election 2024: our review of the party manifestos’

Child Poverty Action Group have responded to the three main party’s manifestos:

• • Liberal Democrats
  • Conservative
  • Labour 

The Institute for Fiscal Studies have written an article exploring the effects of the 2 child limit ‘The two-child limit: poverty, incentives and cost’

The TUC have written a blog exploring the ‘Sharp rise in number of children growing up in poverty in working households’

Early Education and Childcare Coalition have produced a video pushing for childcare to be more prominent in the election campaign

Centre for Young Lives have produced a ‘Ten Point Plan for a New Government’

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition has coordinated an open letter signed by 50 organisations to the leaders of political parties calling on them to prioritise children’s mental health.

The Sutton Trust have produced an article outlining ’10 ways to close the attainment gap’

The Food Foundation’s latest report ‘A Neglected Generation: Reversing the decline in children’s health in England’ has been published.

The Renters Reform Coalition have produced an open letter calling for ‘‘immediate action to address the unprecedented crisis facing private renters’

The Early Education and Childcare Coalition have released a report called ‘Pulse Check: Public Attitudes Towards Early Education and Childcare’

Layla (name changed to protect her identity) a young End Child Poverty Coalition ambassador who has personally experienced the harsh realities of poverty has written a blog reflecting on the recent report from Loughborough University for ECP.

Young Women’s Trust have released their ‘Manifesto for an equal world of work’

Early Education and Childcare Coalition have appeared on an ITV article to ‘warn of recruitment and funding crisis’

My London have published an article about the lived experience of families that are trapped for a long time in temporary accommodation.

The Runnymede Trust have produced a report called ‘The racialised harm of police strip searches: a response from the Runnymede Trust to a Home Office consultation’

London Chamber of Commerce have published a report commissioned from Centre for London entitled ‘London’s economy: A local authority-level analysis’ which contains useful information on London’s population and deprivation.

In an article in The Observer , the NSPCC, Action for Children, Barnardo’s, the National Children’s Bureau and The Children’s Society call for the next government to pass a new law within 100 days of winning the general election that would commit ministers to eradicating child poverty

Early Education and Childcare Coalition of which 4in10 is pleased to be a member has released ‘Rescue and Reform: A Manifesto to Transform Early Education and Childcare in England’

Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published the latest findings from their cost-of-living survey which found the number of households going without essentials hasn’t dropped below 7 million since May 2022.

The Magpie Project have published a briefing paper Hungry, Unhealthy and heartsore: Families fed up of being unable to feed themselves in support of their ‘No child in a home without a kitchen campaign’

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition have released a report called ‘Not in School: the Mental Health Barriers School Attendance’

The King’s Fund and Joseph Rowntree Foundation have today published a Long Read:  ‘Illustrating the relationship between poverty and NHS services’

Sustain have a new report out ‘Food experiences of people seeking asylum in London: areas for local action’

Coram Family and Childcare’s Childcare Survey 2024 report is out now.

Christians Against Poverty has a new report out ‘Pushed under, pushed out’ exploring the link between debt, poverty and living standards.

Trust for London have published new data analysis on London’s temporary accommodation crisis

Child Poverty Action Group have published a blog Why not everyone will benefit from benefit uprating which looks at the situation of those affected by the benefits cap

Single Parent Rights Campaign gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Commitment on 17 April as part of a one-off evidence session on the Back to Work Plan and its impact on single parents. You can watch the session here.

CPAG’s Debt Advice Handbook, fully updated for 2024 is now available on line.

Partnership for Young London have released the Young Londoners’ Manifesto 2024

Department for Work and Pensions have released the annual Households Below Average Income data which shows 4.3 million children (30%) were in poverty in the year to April 2023. Child Poverty Action Group’s response is here

West London Zone (for Children and Young People) have released a report called ‘Closing the Gap’ a holistic approach to building preventative methods to tackle child poverty’

Sustain’s Hannah Gibbs (Programme Manager of Bridging the Gap) has released a blog called ‘Fixing supply chains for a fairer food future’

Child Poverty Action Group have released two articles:

• DWP’s plan for a ‘sprint finish’ on universal credit roll-out is ‘dangerous’ for claimants
• Access denied: why parents who want to work can’t access childcare

The Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation delivered a petition to parliament asking them to support their ‘Essentials Guarantee’ campaign. Videos of the petition hand-in from both partners can be seen here:

• Trussell Trust
• JRF

Kindred Squared have released their ‘School Readiness’ Report

Action For Children have released new analysis on ‘Child poverty and barriers to work’

Single Parent Rights have released new research called ‘Universal Credit Conditionality Research: The Impact on Single Parents’. Nursery World and The Guardian have covered the report.

Sustain have released their latest ‘Good Food for All Londoners’ report

RSA have released a report called ‘State of Paralysis’ looking at young people’s economic security and what it means for their health and wellbeing.

Trust for London have released an article called ‘Strategic legal action: securing change for low-income pregnant women’

NCP have released their ‘State of the Sector 2024’ report

The Resolution Foundation have released their report ‘We’ve only just begun: Action to improve young people’s mental health, education and employment’

Pregnant then Screwed and Women in Data have released statistics about the cost of parenting

Gingerbread have released a guide on claiming Universal Credit and have released a video which sums up the key information.

Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation have launched ‘Guarantee our Essentials: reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard times’ containing new research. in support of the campaign for an essentials guarantee.

Coram Family and Childcare have released some early data from their Childcare Survey 2024

DWP have published ‘Below Average Resources: developing a new poverty measure’.  This is a release of official statistics in development and a statistical consultation on developing new statistics based on the Social Metrics Commission approach to poverty measurement. Responses to the consultation are sought by 11 April.

Nicky Hawkins and Michael Orton from the University of Warwick are working with partners to align around pro social security messages to create a drumbeat in the run up to the general election. Learn more in this prosocial security messaging document

Praxis have released a short video calling for a meeting with Minister for Children David Johnston to hear from campaigners how being excluded from support impacts them? Please watch and share.

NPC have published a report ‘Closing the gap: Building better child poverty prevention systems’

Coram have a major new report out Charter for Children