Child Poverty Action Group
@CPAGUK
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Child Poverty Action Group is the leading charity campaigning for an end to child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families.
United Kingdom
Joined May 2011
We’re turning 60! Join our live broadcast marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, featuring keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown. 📅Thursday 6 November ⏰9:45–11:45 am (online via Zoom) Register for your free place:
cpag.org.uk
Join us for a special online event marking 60 years of Child Poverty Action Group, with keynote speaker Rt Hon Gordon Brown.
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full would be 'a fresh, cost-effective, and morally unambiguous start to making the days better and the future brighter for kids up and down the country.' https://t.co/vTfKcIw0cU
labourlist.org
Next month marks 60 years since Child Poverty Action Group first wrote to a Prime Minister. The PM in question was Harold Wilson, and in…
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is the most cost-effective way to reduce the number of kids living in poverty, pound for pound. So when the chancellor is facing difficult decisions, it doesn’t make sense to implement a less efficient half-measure. https://t.co/ghZ5vma9Y8
lbc.co.uk
The only way the Government will reduce child poverty is to scrap the two-child benefit cap, writes Alison Garnham.
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The Government should act quickly to lift the two-child limit on benefits. Any further delay has significant human consequences, with more and more children captured by the policy every year. Read 'No half measures' 👉 https://t.co/8P3LPFXHHP
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"Deeply he brooded, as if lowering himself through deep water even to the bottom of this perception, even to that places where causes, for it seemed to him that this is precisely what thought is about—apprehension of causes, through this alone do perceptions become insights, they
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If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️ Read 'No half measures' 👉 https://t.co/8P3LPFXHHP
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Repealing the two-child limit in full is the most powerful policy lever the Government can pull to drive down child poverty rates. But they could go further ⤵️
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Our head of policy Sophie Howes spoke to @CommonsTreasury yesterday about why social security is so important for addressing child poverty.
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Wider reforms to social security are needed to reduce child poverty further, including increasing children’s benefits and removing barriers to work in universal credit. Read our full submission:
cpag.org.uk
There are a record 4.5 million children living in poverty living in the UK today. CPAG forecasts that without further action this number will rise to 4.7 million by the end of this parliament. The...
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Another key priority is removing the benefit cap, which pushes poor families into even deeper poverty. Our analysis shows that some families can be left with £3 a week to live on after rent.
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Our Budget submission: The top priority is scrapping the two-child limit for all children. This is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty.
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Free School Meals need review to better serve disadvantaged children. The final report in our @NuffieldFound funded project examining FSM as a measure, argues that relying on FSM as a single proxy doesn't reflect the complexity of children’s experiences. https://t.co/lOID7qaF6k
mirror.co.uk
Researchers at the Education Policy Institute called for a major review of the system to ensure the Government’s expansion of free hot lunches is implemented as intended
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We are fortunate in NI to have a mitigation payment for the Benefit Cap - it is a very harsh & gendered policy affecting many lone parents. The UK Government's Child Poverty Strategy must remove both the two-child limit and the Benefit Cap to properly address child poverty ⬇️
NEW: Families are being left with next to nothing to live on after paying rent – £3 a week in the worst cases – because of the benefit cap. The cap is one of the harshest hangovers from austerity, punishing families for their unavoidable costs. 1/2
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Coverage of our new analysis in the Mirror
mirror.co.uk
Child Poverty Action Group says the benefit cap - one of the 'harshest hangovers' of the austerity era - is leaving some single parents with next to nothing after rent
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The government’s forthcoming child poverty strategy must remove the policy – along with its evil twin the two-child limit - or thousands more children will be stranded in deep poverty. https://t.co/9YumIFDjNS 2/2
cpag.org.uk
A lone parent family with three children can now expect to be capped across 95 per cent of England and Wales, compared to 60 per cent just two years ago in 2023. The cap leaves all affected families...
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NEW: Families are being left with next to nothing to live on after paying rent – £3 a week in the worst cases – because of the benefit cap. The cap is one of the harshest hangovers from austerity, punishing families for their unavoidable costs. 1/2
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The Prime Minister’s confirmation that government is on a journey to end child poverty is welcome and this can only mean that the Budget scraps the two-child limit and benefit cap. Children and families have waited patiently and now it’s time for government to deliver.
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🚨 Don’t miss our Welfare Rights Conference in Manchester on Wednesday 8th October. Join expert-led workshops & hear from our outstanding line-up of keynote speakers. Secure your spot today: https://t.co/Oc53OdNKOI
cpag.org.uk
Our conferences and seminars give a unique opportunity to learn all about the latest developments in social security, giving you the tools to maximise the incomes of the people you work with.
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‘Child poverty isn't just about statistics or numbers, it's about individual kids. And the time for action is now, those kids cannot wait.’ - our director of policy @sarzogz speaking at our event at #LabourConference25
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‘I have to have conversations with my daughter that you hope you wouldn't have to have with your children, about the fact that we just don't have much money’ - Jonny Roberts from Changing Realities speaking at our event at #LabourConference25
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