Entries by Rachel Walters

END CHILD POVERTY WELCOMES FCA ANNOUNCMENT ON RENT TO OWN

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The End Child Poverty coalition has today welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s announcement that it will consider a cap on the total cost of goods bought through rent-to-own as an important step in protecting some of the most financially vulnerable households from high levels of debt.   Anna Feuchtwang, Chair of End Child Poverty and […]

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FAITH LEADERS URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN THE GRIP OF POVERTY ON FAMILIES BY REMOVING THE TWO CHILD LIMIT POLICY

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Today, 60 Bishops from the Church of England and senior representatives from other Christian, Jewish and Muslim organisations have come together to urge the Government to rethink its two-child limit policy, one year on from its introduction. In a letter to The Times, coinciding with the publication of a new report from the End Child […]

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VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS FACE HIGHEST RISES IN CHILD POVERTY

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  For immediate release: 22 March 2018   Vulnerable households face the highest rises in child poverty   The Households Below Average Income figures for 2016/7 released by the Government today show that children living in the most vulnerable households are facing the highest rises in poverty. Overall relative child poverty has continued to rise […]

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