My name is Thea, I’m a single parent to three children aged 10, 3 and (almost) 2. I work full time with 17 years’ experience in my industry, I’m highly qualified and we live in London near my work, where I’ve called home since 2009. Like hundreds of thousands of others, my children are impacted by the two-child benefit and the benefit cap. This impossible situation has led to me starting a government petition to recognize how these measures put children into grinding poverty for the sole reason of having much loved siblings.

Save the Children is calling for the immediate scrapping of the two-child limit as newly released figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that almost 40,000 more children are now living in families affected by the policy than there were last year.

Nicholas Hoult, actor and longtime supporter of Save the Children, has surprised children at a play project in London as he becomes the charity’s newest celebrity ambassador, just a day after attending a fan event for his latest film, Superman.

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Misan Harriman fronts a creative project with Palestinian children from Gaza supported by Save the Children in Egypt, in collaboration with Choose Love.

Young researchers from the Rhondda Valley in south Wales working with Save the Children Cymru have created a powerful animation to share their ideas on how child poverty can be tackled in Wales.

Dads in Cardiff are enjoying quality time with their children and making the most of an outdoor play space created as part of a collaborative project between Save the Children Cymru and the local community.

High-quality, inclusive childcare is critical to reduce child poverty, increase parental employment rates and meet the government's ambitious Early Years target.

The annual income of Save the Children UK rose to £305 million last year, boosted by increases in legacies and government funding for education, health services and nutrition.

In response to Keir Starmer’s speech on the strategic defence review, Save the Children has warned that further cuts to the UK’s aid budget would be catastrophic.