The no recourse to public funds policy is aimed at “temporary migrants”. But many children in households subject to the ...

Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

At least 99,000 school children are homeless in temporary accommodation before Christmas in England, startling figures show. Ministry of Housing data obtained by charity Shelter found that at least ...

Several countries, including the US and Australia, recommend vaccinating children aged five to 11 against COVID. The UK was much slower to approve this compared with some other countries and labelled ...

LONDON — Parents in England will no longer be charged burial and cremation fees for children after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the government would set up a fund to cover the charges.

Thousands of children in England will soon be offered a vaccine to protect against chickenpox for the first time, as the country aims to boost children’s health and cut treatment costs. The United ...

A loophole allowing retailers to give free samples of vapes to children in England will be closed, ministers pledged. Selling e-cigarettes to under-18s is illegal, but the Government said it was ...

An eight-year-old Jamaican girl living with her grandmother, whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, will not be able ...

One person younger than 20 has died because of an adverse reaction to the vaccine, according to the United Kingdom’s Office of National Statistics. A blog took data out of context and omitted that ...