The End Child Poverty coalition is urging the House of Lords to reject the Government’s plans to scrap legally binding commitments to report and respond to the number of children living in poverty. The Welfare Reform and Work Bill, due to be debated in the House of Lords on 25th January, would remove both the […]
On Monday 25th January, the House of Lords will debate the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which includes clauses to repeal the current Child Poverty Act and the associated child poverty measures and targets, and instead report on educational achievement at Key Stage 4 (GCSEs) and workless households. While we recognise that these are important […]
children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power
