Save the Children UK
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In the UK and around the world, we make sure children keep safe, healthy and learning.
Find out more here: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/
Find out more here: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/
Last night, Russian strikes killed three young children – two one-year-old boys and one two-year-old girl – and one man in Ukraine.
This war on children and attacks on civilian infrastructure must end.
This war on children and attacks on civilian infrastructure must end.
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Last night, Russian strikes killed three young children – two one-year-old boys and one two-year-old girl – and one man in Ukraine.
This war on children and attacks on civilian infrastructure must end.
This war on children and attacks on civilian infrastructure must end.
... it can’t be delivered through severe cuts to climate funds and children then having to pick up the tab.
Make polluters pay, not children.
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Make polluters pay, not children.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
... it can’t be delivered through severe cuts to climate funds and children then having to pick up the tab.
Make polluters pay, not children.
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Make polluters pay, not children.
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The UK cannot shy away from paying its fair share of the international climate finance goal agreed in 2024.
Exploring a new approach to international cooperation rooted in partnership is the right thing to do but...
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Exploring a new approach to international cooperation rooted in partnership is the right thing to do but...
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UK plans to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help
UK plans to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help
Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods
The UK plans to slash its aid to poor countries stricken by the climate crisis by more than a fifth, the Guardian has learned, despite promises to increase assistance and warnings from campaigners that the move will cost lives and livelihoods.
Ministers plan to cut climate finance for the developing world from £11.6bn over the past five years to £9bn in the next five. In real terms, accounting for inflation, this would represent a cut of about 40% in spending power since 2021, when the £11.6bn budget was agreed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The UK cannot shy away from paying its fair share of the international climate finance goal agreed in 2024.
Exploring a new approach to international cooperation rooted in partnership is the right thing to do but...
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Exploring a new approach to international cooperation rooted in partnership is the right thing to do but...
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Great to see that the first major hurdle for the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill passed in UK Parliament last night.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits will lift 450,000 children out of poverty - the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits will lift 450,000 children out of poverty - the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation.
A bill to scrap the two-child benefit limit has passed a major hurdle after MPs voted to end the cruel cap.
MPs vote to end two-child benefit limit in 'crucial step' to tackle poverty
www.mirror.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Great to see that the first major hurdle for the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill passed in UK Parliament last night.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits will lift 450,000 children out of poverty - the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits will lift 450,000 children out of poverty - the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation.
The most cost effective way to do this is by scrapping the two-child limit to benefits.
The Bill going through Parliament today is the final step on the journey to reducing record-high child poverty rates.
Change cannot come soon enough for these children.
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The Bill going through Parliament today is the final step on the journey to reducing record-high child poverty rates.
Change cannot come soon enough for these children.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The most cost effective way to do this is by scrapping the two-child limit to benefits.
The Bill going through Parliament today is the final step on the journey to reducing record-high child poverty rates.
Change cannot come soon enough for these children.
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The Bill going through Parliament today is the final step on the journey to reducing record-high child poverty rates.
Change cannot come soon enough for these children.
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EXC: Almost 4 out of 5 (78%) people support the UK Government's aim to cut child poverty, according to new polling from Save the Children and @yougov.co.uk.
It couldn't be clearer - the general public wants child poverty to come down.
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It couldn't be clearer - the general public wants child poverty to come down.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
EXC: Almost 4 out of 5 (78%) people support the UK Government's aim to cut child poverty, according to new polling from Save the Children and @yougov.co.uk.
It couldn't be clearer - the general public wants child poverty to come down.
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It couldn't be clearer - the general public wants child poverty to come down.
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Aid cuts are already forcing us to close vital programmes at a time when children need them more than ever.
The aid system needs to be updated as global challenges evolve, but cuts cannot be made without considering children for whom aid programmes are a lifeline.
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The aid system needs to be updated as global challenges evolve, but cuts cannot be made without considering children for whom aid programmes are a lifeline.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Aid cuts are already forcing us to close vital programmes at a time when children need them more than ever.
The aid system needs to be updated as global challenges evolve, but cuts cannot be made without considering children for whom aid programmes are a lifeline.
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The aid system needs to be updated as global challenges evolve, but cuts cannot be made without considering children for whom aid programmes are a lifeline.
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NEW: Nearly 23 million additional deaths are expected by 2030 as a result of aid cuts, a new report estimates.
This analysis confirms what we’re already seeing- cuts to aid are not just budget decisions, they are death sentences for children.
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This analysis confirms what we’re already seeing- cuts to aid are not just budget decisions, they are death sentences for children.
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Nearly 23 million extra deaths worldwide by 2030 as aid cuts bite, study says
The findings – published in the influential health journal The Lancet – show that Donald Trump’s closure of USAID could lead to more than 14m deaths alone
www.independent.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
NEW: Nearly 23 million additional deaths are expected by 2030 as a result of aid cuts, a new report estimates.
This analysis confirms what we’re already seeing- cuts to aid are not just budget decisions, they are death sentences for children.
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This analysis confirms what we’re already seeing- cuts to aid are not just budget decisions, they are death sentences for children.
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Reposted by Save the Children UK
Big polluters are fuelling the climate crisis.
The fair tax treaty being negotiated at the UN could help make these polluters pay up for their damages, as well as change the rules to tax the super rich and end international tax dodging.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fair tax treaty being negotiated at the UN could help make these polluters pay up for their damages, as well as change the rules to tax the super rich and end international tax dodging.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Big polluters are fuelling the climate crisis.
The fair tax treaty being negotiated at the UN could help make these polluters pay up for their damages, as well as change the rules to tax the super rich and end international tax dodging.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fair tax treaty being negotiated at the UN could help make these polluters pay up for their damages, as well as change the rules to tax the super rich and end international tax dodging.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After 1,000 days of conflict, the needs in Sudan are greater than ever.
The UK must step up & use its influence to break international paralysis & prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Alongside 12 other leading aid charities we have come together to call for action from the UK Govt: bit.ly/49uLQ2H
The UK must step up & use its influence to break international paralysis & prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Alongside 12 other leading aid charities we have come together to call for action from the UK Govt: bit.ly/49uLQ2H
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
After 1,000 days of conflict, the needs in Sudan are greater than ever.
The UK must step up & use its influence to break international paralysis & prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Alongside 12 other leading aid charities we have come together to call for action from the UK Govt: bit.ly/49uLQ2H
The UK must step up & use its influence to break international paralysis & prevent an even greater catastrophe.
Alongside 12 other leading aid charities we have come together to call for action from the UK Govt: bit.ly/49uLQ2H
Just a reminder that as legislation is introduced today to scrap the two-child limit to benefits that this policy will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation ♥️
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Just a reminder that as legislation is introduced today to scrap the two-child limit to benefits that this policy will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, the single most powerful step to reduce child poverty in a generation ♥️
Save the Children is among the INGOs that have been denied re-registration by Israeli authorities to continue providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian communities from 1 January 2026.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4srvdxv
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4srvdxv
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Save the Children is among the INGOs that have been denied re-registration by Israeli authorities to continue providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian communities from 1 January 2026.
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4srvdxv
Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4srvdxv
Here's to a year where we show up for children the way they deserve.
Where they don't go hungry, or lose homes and family to conflict and natural disasters. Where they are protected from diseases, and can go to school.
Where children can learn and grow, and have the childhood that is their right.
Where they don't go hungry, or lose homes and family to conflict and natural disasters. Where they are protected from diseases, and can go to school.
Where children can learn and grow, and have the childhood that is their right.
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Here's to a year where we show up for children the way they deserve.
Where they don't go hungry, or lose homes and family to conflict and natural disasters. Where they are protected from diseases, and can go to school.
Where children can learn and grow, and have the childhood that is their right.
Where they don't go hungry, or lose homes and family to conflict and natural disasters. Where they are protected from diseases, and can go to school.
Where children can learn and grow, and have the childhood that is their right.
Our New Year's resolution? It's quite simple.
Give all children, everywhere, the best humanity has to offer.
Give all children, everywhere, the best humanity has to offer.
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Our New Year's resolution? It's quite simple.
Give all children, everywhere, the best humanity has to offer.
Give all children, everywhere, the best humanity has to offer.
A significant step towards finally seeing this huge fund released to support victims of the war in Ukraine, after successive Governments have blocked its release for over 3 years.
It must be unlocked now. The victims of the war can't wait any longer.
It must be unlocked now. The victims of the war can't wait any longer.
UK gives Abramovich final warning to transfer £2.5bn to Ukraine fund
Keir Starmer says oligarch must commit funds from sale of Chelsea football club or face court action
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A significant step towards finally seeing this huge fund released to support victims of the war in Ukraine, after successive Governments have blocked its release for over 3 years.
It must be unlocked now. The victims of the war can't wait any longer.
It must be unlocked now. The victims of the war can't wait any longer.
Right now in the UK, over 4 million children are living in poverty. That's nearly 1 in 3. This December it's not toys and treats many children are waiting for. It's the essentials they need to survive.
Read more about the reality of living in poverty in the UK, and how we're helping: bit.ly/3KG66G4
Read more about the reality of living in poverty in the UK, and how we're helping: bit.ly/3KG66G4
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Right now in the UK, over 4 million children are living in poverty. That's nearly 1 in 3. This December it's not toys and treats many children are waiting for. It's the essentials they need to survive.
Read more about the reality of living in poverty in the UK, and how we're helping: bit.ly/3KG66G4
Read more about the reality of living in poverty in the UK, and how we're helping: bit.ly/3KG66G4
...as a blueprint for creating policy in future that impacts young people.
We welcome this expansive and historic plan, and we look forward to seeing the difference it can make to children’s lives in the years to come.
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We welcome this expansive and historic plan, and we look forward to seeing the difference it can make to children’s lives in the years to come.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
...as a blueprint for creating policy in future that impacts young people.
We welcome this expansive and historic plan, and we look forward to seeing the difference it can make to children’s lives in the years to come.
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We welcome this expansive and historic plan, and we look forward to seeing the difference it can make to children’s lives in the years to come.
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...to work after maternity leave are bold measures to improve childhoods – not the sticking plaster measures of the past.
Ministers involved in creating the strategy listened extensively to children impacted by deep poverty over many months and we hope this way of working is used...
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Ministers involved in creating the strategy listened extensively to children impacted by deep poverty over many months and we hope this way of working is used...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
...to work after maternity leave are bold measures to improve childhoods – not the sticking plaster measures of the past.
Ministers involved in creating the strategy listened extensively to children impacted by deep poverty over many months and we hope this way of working is used...
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Ministers involved in creating the strategy listened extensively to children impacted by deep poverty over many months and we hope this way of working is used...
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Families will be better off under this plan with 7.1 million children seeing their household incomes boosted by the end of this Parliament.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits, expanding free school meals, and increasing childcare support for families including for those returning...
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Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits, expanding free school meals, and increasing childcare support for families including for those returning...
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Proud to unveil the Child Poverty Strategy.
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end.
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Families will be better off under this plan with 7.1 million children seeing their household incomes boosted by the end of this Parliament.
Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits, expanding free school meals, and increasing childcare support for families including for those returning...
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Scrapping the two-child limit to benefits, expanding free school meals, and increasing childcare support for families including for those returning...
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Here’s a glimpse into our #HappyVote event in east Belfast. We’ll be announcing the 10 projects soon that got the most votes from children & families. Then pls keep an eye in 2026 as the projects come to life!
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Here’s a glimpse into our #HappyVote event in east Belfast. We’ll be announcing the 10 projects soon that got the most votes from children & families. Then pls keep an eye in 2026 as the projects come to life!
Children who have had to make a traumatic journey in search of safety could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new rules.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules.
New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intelligence about people-smugglers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Children who have had to make a traumatic journey in search of safety could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new rules.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
Children seeking refuge are children. They deserve dignity, compassion and protection, not to be treated like suspects.
This Christmas, there’s one delivery that matters more than any.
Whether it’s food, shelter or warm clothes, we deliver the chance of childhood, all year round.
Help children to get what they urgently need this Christmas.
Share our ad and donate if you can: bit.ly/4pDwKOF
Whether it’s food, shelter or warm clothes, we deliver the chance of childhood, all year round.
Help children to get what they urgently need this Christmas.
Share our ad and donate if you can: bit.ly/4pDwKOF
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This Christmas, there’s one delivery that matters more than any.
Whether it’s food, shelter or warm clothes, we deliver the chance of childhood, all year round.
Help children to get what they urgently need this Christmas.
Share our ad and donate if you can: bit.ly/4pDwKOF
Whether it’s food, shelter or warm clothes, we deliver the chance of childhood, all year round.
Help children to get what they urgently need this Christmas.
Share our ad and donate if you can: bit.ly/4pDwKOF
🚨 NEW: 45% of UK adults agree that scrapping the two-child limit is the most effective way to tackle child poverty.
When the public get more info about the two-child limit, they are in favour of it being scrapped, which is the action the UK Govt correctly took at the Budget.
More: bit.ly/48K2WKD
When the public get more info about the two-child limit, they are in favour of it being scrapped, which is the action the UK Govt correctly took at the Budget.
More: bit.ly/48K2WKD
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 NEW: 45% of UK adults agree that scrapping the two-child limit is the most effective way to tackle child poverty.
When the public get more info about the two-child limit, they are in favour of it being scrapped, which is the action the UK Govt correctly took at the Budget.
More: bit.ly/48K2WKD
When the public get more info about the two-child limit, they are in favour of it being scrapped, which is the action the UK Govt correctly took at the Budget.
More: bit.ly/48K2WKD
The countdown has begun 👀✨🛻
We're so proud to be launching our Christmas ad TONIGHT. Our message? This Christmas, there's only one delivery that matters more than any.
Keep an eye on our channels at 9pm to find out what it is…
We're so proud to be launching our Christmas ad TONIGHT. Our message? This Christmas, there's only one delivery that matters more than any.
Keep an eye on our channels at 9pm to find out what it is…
December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The countdown has begun 👀✨🛻
We're so proud to be launching our Christmas ad TONIGHT. Our message? This Christmas, there's only one delivery that matters more than any.
Keep an eye on our channels at 9pm to find out what it is…
We're so proud to be launching our Christmas ad TONIGHT. Our message? This Christmas, there's only one delivery that matters more than any.
Keep an eye on our channels at 9pm to find out what it is…
Reposted by Save the Children UK
In the UK, we have some of the highest rates of child poverty in the country. Charities, politicians, parents, faith groups, unions, and thousands of ordinary people have been fighting for our kids – calling to end the cruel two-child benefit limit.
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the UK, we have some of the highest rates of child poverty in the country. Charities, politicians, parents, faith groups, unions, and thousands of ordinary people have been fighting for our kids – calling to end the cruel two-child benefit limit.