More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds

One million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as ‘hunger and hardship’ than five years ago

Starmer’s two-child benefit cap causing record food insecurity

Just days after Keir Starmer saw off a rebellion to scrap the two-child benefit cap, a survey revealed the devastating impact of the policy.

The Guardian view on the widening attainment gap: poorer children need a boost

Editorial: The progress made by pupils from lower-income families has been wiped out – and it’s not all the pandemic’s fault

Pressure mounts on Labour to scrap cruel ‘sibling penalty’

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

Head of Church of England Justin Welby tells Observer that ending policy would lift thousands of children out of poverty