A government minister has said tackling child poverty is a "huge challenge" while visiting one of the country's most deprived areas. Education Minister Catherine McKinnell visited a gymnastics academy ...

Child poverty continues to hit Teesside harder than most of the country, new data has revealed. The figures, broken down to neighbourhood level across Teesside’s 70 electoral wards, show not only a ...

Local politicians have delivered their initial verdicts on Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget on Wednesday afternoon - with one Labour MP criticising his own government by saying it "falls short".