Entries by Rachel Walters

GOVERNMENT’S OWN DATA SHOWS RISE IN CHILD POVERTY LEVELS. YET THE TWO-CHILD LIMIT TO BENEFIT PAYMENTS REMIANS IN PLACE; PUSHING FAMILIES INTO POVERTY

Government data released today shows 4.2 million children are living in poverty (after housing costs) between April 2021 and April 2022, that is 29% of all children This is an increase of from last year, when the figure stood at 3.9 million 800,000 children lived in households that needed food from a foodbank in the […]