More than 2m children in families struggling to pay for essentials - report

Below-inflation rises to child benefit and tax credits have led parents to cut spending on food, clothes or heat, says End Child Poverty group More than 2 million children live in families that are cutting back their spending on food, clothing or heating as a result of government decisions to impose cuts in real terms on child-related benefits, new research finds. Rates of both child benefit and child tax credits have been pegged at less than the cost of living for the past three years, causing ...