The End Child Poverty coalition is disappointed that in his statement today the Chancellor has not included the 4.2 million children growing up in poverty in his plans for economic recovery. Campaigners had hoped for significant measures to prevent the pandemic pulling families further into poverty and pulling yet more children below the poverty […]
Even before the devastating impact of Covid-19 on household incomes, child poverty has been rising rapidly in some of the poorest communities in Britain, leaving growing numbers of children cut adrift and ill equipped to cope with the impact of the pandemic. The End Child Poverty coalition is calling on the Government to take seriously […]
Fears for the impact of the Coronavirus on children as latest Government figures show child poverty has risen again Nearly three quarters of children in poverty now coming from a working household. Statement by End Child Poverty on latest HBAI data. Quotes from Anna Feuchtwang, Chair of End Child Poverty, and from […]
children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power
