Gordon Brown: We need a national system of crisis support

The social safety net has been eroded – it’s time to rebuild.

By Gordon Brown

Reducing child poverty should be Labour’s guiding mission

A meaningful strategy must have a target so ministers can be held to account.

By Mike Brewer

Alison McGovern: “Child poverty isn’t inevitable”

The Minister for Employment on why only a Labour government can fix this crisis.

By Alison McGovern

Rachel de Souza: Children experience poverty in ways that adults do not

The Children’s Commissioner on the case for schools to better serve their students.

By Rachel de Souza

The UK has shown the way in tackling the challenge of child poverty

How social outcomes partnerships can help to alleviate this crisis.

By Ronald Cohen

How the government can minimise its interest obligations

Reforms could save billions and reduce the need for cuts.

By Paul Tucker

Emma Revie: “In the face of growing hardship, food banks are at breaking point”

The chief executive of the Trussell Trust on tackling child poverty.

By Emma Revie

The UK needs a minimum income standard

To prevent social calamity, benefits must be restored.

By Donald Hirsch

Ian Byrne: “Hunger is a political choice”

The Labour MP on Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Hillsborough and tackling inequality.

By Megan Kenyon

Britain’s new social safety net

Multibanks across the country are uniting communities and alleviating hardship.

By Kelly Hogarth

A gambling levy could be a fiscal ace up the sleeve

Reforms could generate enough revenue to scrap the two-child limit and lift children out of poverty.

By Harry Quilter-Pinner

Child poverty is Britain’s ongoing, forgotten crisis

Despite new data, kids facing hardship are still being neglected.

By Samir Jeraj

Preventable ill-health and disease – it all ties back to poverty

The two things are umbilically joined, and action is needed.

By Tom Clark