END CHILD POVERTY JOINS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT TO PUT CHILDREN AT THE HEART OF THE BUDGET

More than 120 national organisations accuse Government of ‘ignoring children’ An influential group of over 120 children’s charities, teaching unions and other organisations have accused the Government of ignoring children and young people in its spending commitments. In an open letter to Downing Street, the organisations have demanded that the Government recognise compelling evidence that […]

END CHILD POVERTY WELCOMES FCA ANNOUNCMENT ON RENT TO OWN

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 […]

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

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 […]