The UK government's childcare voucher proposals will not help those most in need in the midst of huge further cuts the chancellor is planning, say critics.

One in five British children are living below the poverty line, with almost half under the threshold in some areas, according to new research.

Four major British churches have criticised government proposals for a new way of measuring child poverty in the UK, which they say masks the problem.

The chief executive of the Children's Society says that the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill will make life much harder for millions of people.