CHILDREN CUT ADRIFT AS POVERTY LEAVES COVID-GENERATION FACING A PERILOUS FUTURE

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 IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON CHILDREN AS CHILD POVERTY RISES AGAIN

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 […]

Ask your candidates

Email your election candidates today A new government will be formed this December. In our just and compassionate society it’s not right that children are trapped in a poverty that means they are more likely to have worse physical and mental health, do less well in school and have less opportunities in the future than […]