Raising benefit limit from two to three children remains an option. But overall cap will stay prompting 'deep disappointment' ...

Extreme poverty brought about by HIV/AIDS, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, has dramatically increased children’s risk of hazardous child labor as families look for new ways to supplement ...

Deliberate exploitation happens all too often, but poverty is the main driver of child labor. Other contributors include migration status and access to healthcare and education. Also, families have ...

Labour MP Peter Lamb is tabling legislation to introduce automatic enrolment for kids who are eligible for free lunches as he ...

A Unesco report highlights child labour, poverty, and bullying as key drivers of school dropout among boys, with millions disengaging from education.

“Labour has a heavy responsibility to end child poverty and to ensure that every child has the very best start in life.” ...

Under plans being considered to tackle child poverty, parents of under-fives could reportedly be exempted from the limit ...

According to UNICEF, population growth, recurring crises, extreme poverty and inadequate social protection measures have led to an additional 17 million girls and boys engaging in child labor in ...

Council chiefs in South Tyneside have unveiled a new child poverty strategy to “mitigate, reduce and prevent” the issue – the ...

In the country devastated by more than 10 years of war, there are very young children, even 13-year-olds, driving taxis or public transport. The hope of earning even small amounts of money to ...

The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over ...

The legislation was the latest move to relax child labor restrictions ... the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute, which has opposed changes to state labor laws, said the institute is ...