The Government’s response to the Children’s Commissioner-led cross party call that Politicians must take child poverty out of the ‘too difficult box’ and come up with a big, bold plan to fix it must be to put children and ending child poverty at the heart of the recovery from the pandemic. There is an urgent need, […]
The End Child Poverty coalition is deeply disappointed at today’s decision by the Government not to enable families to be “stronger, healthier and happier” by confirming an extension of the £20 lifeline uplift or to extend it to those on legacy benefits. Too many children in low income families across the UK entered the Covid […]
The Government has announced several new measures to alleviate poverty across the country this winter, including a new ‘Covid Winter Grant Scheme’ for local authorities to distibute to low income families. Anna Feuchtwang, Chief Executive of the National Children’s Bureau and Chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition, said: “Marcus Rashford deserves enormous credit for […]
