A new report from leading UK children's charity Barnardo's says that the most disadvantaged unemployed 16 and 17 year olds are being ignored.

Children's charity Barnardo's is facing criticism for agreeing to to run welfare services at the government's proposed removal centre for refused asylum seekers.

Universal child benefit should be abolished and tax credits used to bolster the income solely of poor families, says the head of Barnardo's children's charity.

Anti-poverty activists have expressed astonishment at George Osborne's claim that massive public spending cuts will create a "more just society".