Child Poverty Action Group
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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.
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>> Watch till the end…
Hunger is just part of the devastating reality facing 4.2 million UK children growing up in poverty. Help us imagine a better future.
If you agree it shouldn’t be like this, join our community:
#ImagineBetter
#ChildPoverty
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Not a wordle. Nine children in a classroom of 30 are growing up in poverty in the UK. It doesn't have to be like this.
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The £20-a-week cut to
#UniversalCredit
this October will be the biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since WW2. We and many others are calling on the government to
#KeepTheLifeline
to protect children and families.
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Far too many kids don't get free school meals.
NEW analysis we’ve done for
@itvpeston
finds that the situation is worst in England where 31% of school children growing up in poverty are not eligible. 22% aren't eligible in N. Ireland, 19% in Wales and 16% in Scotland.
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We welcome the discussion on child poverty at
#PMQs
. It is one of the most important issues facing the nation. It is the right thing to reduce and end child poverty, and we need a strategy in place to ensure there is concerted effort to do so.
Child poverty rates are expected to increase, says Labour leader Keir Starmer, "What does the prime minister think caused that?"
"Absolute poverty, relative poverty have both declined under this government," replies Boris Johnson
#PMQs
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BREAKING
Child poverty has risen *again*.
4.3 million children are living in poverty.
In a general election year, nothing should be more important to our political leaders than making things better for the country’s poorest kids.
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We’re really grateful to
@LittleMix
for choosing us as a charity partner for their livestream. Thank you so much to everyone who donates when buying a ticket.
Tickets for ‘Little Mix The Last Show (for now…)’ are on sale NOW! Wherever you are in the world, join us for the final night of the
#ConfettiTour
🎉 Let us know in the comments where you’ll be watching from ✨
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There are 1.3m kids in families on universal credit who don't qualify for free school meals because their household’s earnings are above the £7,400 eligibility threshold. Our analysis shows 800,000 of these children are living below the poverty line.
#FeedTheFuture
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>> Please watch and share this film.
Hunger is just part of the devastating reality for the 4.2 million kids in poverty in the UK.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
#ImagineBetter
#ChildPoverty
@creaturelondon
@smugglersite
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There was a loud public outcry against the £20 universal credit cut. Six months on and today benefits have been cut again as prices rise faster than support. Soaring living costs affect us all but those with least will be hurt most. There is still time for the chancellor to act.
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“To some people it’s a really throw away amount, £20 a week. For us it’s massive.”
Parents and carers taking part in the
@CovidRealities
project urge the government to stop the £20 cut to universal credit.
#KeepTheLifeline
Please listen and retweet.
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1.3 million emergency food parcels were provided by food banks in the
@TrussellTrust
network in just 6 months (April-Sept 2022). Almost half a million of these were to feed children. Another cut is unimaginable. The Prime Minister must increase all benefits by inflation.
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We brought a legal case on behalf of a mother and daughter who fled home following domestic abuse, with no cash at all. The mum, who has pre-settled status, made an application for universal credit. It was refused. This is what our lawyer
@claritahall
had to say on the judgment:
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The Prime Minister must know he can’t scare people into good health, but his words this morning will be chilling for low income families up and down the country who rely on our social security system for help.
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No child should have to feel anxious about how their parents will make ends meet. We're part of this coalition of 100 organisations calling on the Prime Minister not to cut
#UniversalCredit
by £20 a week and to
#KeepTheLifeline
.
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again:
The two-child limit drives up child poverty and harms kids.
Getting rid of the policy would cut child poverty overnight.
We want all parties to make serious commitments on child poverty. That must include ending the two-child limit.
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By fully mitigating the benefit cap, the Scottish government has taken a huge step forward in its efforts to reduce child poverty. Families should get the support they need through our social security system, rather than be penalised by an arbitrary limit.
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Fantastic news that free school meal provision will continue in England and Scotland over the summer holidays. Congratulations to
@MarcusRashford
and all involved in campaigning for this lifeline for low-income families.
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Always good when stats go in the right direction.
We'll need to update our analysis following the announcement that all London primary school kids will be getting free school meals.
The Mayor’s laudable intervention today highlights the UK govt’s failure to act for kids.
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We and 30 other organisations have come together to call for the government to increase benefits by 6% in April and ensure support for housing costs increases in line with rents. Our full statement ⬇️
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Stark stats:
29% of kids are growing up in poverty
48% of kids in Black & minority ethnic families are in poverty
42% of kids in households with 3+ kids are in poverty
44% of kids in lone-parent families are in poverty
71% of kids growing up in poverty live in a working family
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The UK's poorest families were told their benefits would increase by inflation as usual. The government is now considering u-turning on this - a choice that would plunge 200,000 more children into poverty and mean yet another devastating cut for struggling families. Please RT.
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There are few people better at budgeting than those on a low income, who have to do it every single day. Parents who have no option but to use foodbanks in the face of soaring costs and real-terms income cuts need real-world solutions, like increasing benefits with inflation.
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It's fantastic news that all primary school children in London will get free school meals.
It really is for ministers now to respond to public support for free school meals and ensure that every child in the UK has a free, balanced meal in the middle of the day.
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The
#BenefitCap
was first announced
#OnThisDay
in 2010 by George Osborne at the Conservative party conf. It came in in 2013. It breaks the vital link between the support you need & the support you get from our social security system & pushes kids into poverty [thread] 1/17
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We’re calling on the UK’s leaders to make a plan to tackle child poverty. They should start by:
> Removing the two-child limit and benefit cap
> Raising child benefit by £20 a week
> Rolling out free school meals to all school pupils
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We've joined forces with over 50 organisations to call for benefits to be increased by at least 7% in April to match inflation. Statement signed by charities including:
@TrussellTrust
,
@CitizensAdvice
,
@jrf_uk
,
@age_uk
&
@MindCharity
.
Please read & RT:
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It would be wrong to take away £20 a week from millions of families who are struggling to get by across the UK.
We're part of this coalition of 100 organisations calling on the Government not to cut
#UniversalCredit
.
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Our fantastic solicitor Carla Clarke is
@thetimes
lawyer of the week - in recognition of our High Court
#UniversalCredit
win earlier this month. Congratulations Carla - much deserved recognition! (£)
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Fantastic news! Victory in the court for our three single mothers challenging
#UniversalCredit
assessment periods. Our press release to follow...
Four working single mothers win High Court challenge over their universal credit payments
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We've published new analysis today showing that 200,000 more children will be pushed into poverty if benefits rise by wages rather than inflation.
The government must do the right thing and increase benefits in line with inflation.
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We're delighted to have won this award - recognition of the hard work of everyone in our legal and welfare rights teams
🎉 Our first award is Excellence in Access to Justice. Congratulations to
@CPAGUK
, who impressed the judges with their outstanding work providing support to frontline workers tackling child poverty in the UK
#LawSocAwards
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Investing in free school meals is good for all kids but has the greatest impact on those facing hardship.
With the great news from the Mayor of London this week, the percentage of children in poverty who miss out on free school meals in England will drop by 3 percentage points.
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Our statement on the Supreme Court's two-child limit judgment:
"This is a hugely disappointing judgment which fails to give any meaningful recognition to the reality of the policy on the ground and its desperately unfair impact on children...
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Today we publish the results of our coalition survey of 1,000+ school staff in England.
Schools are reeling in the face of rising child poverty.
79% of school staff said time must be diverted from core roles to combat child poverty
We’ll be sharing quotes throughout today ⬇️
‘Poverty is placing a huge pressure on families - whether it’s taking extra hours, mental health problems or not being able to stretch for additional resources at home it’s all bleeding into school… families are really struggling & there is only so much we can do within school.’
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Together with the Rutherfords, we have won our latest fight for disabled children hit by the
#bedroomtax
Please share to show your support
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We have just published a briefing on what the government needs to do to support families during the
#COVID19
pandemic. We are calling for:
universal credit advances to be made non-repayable;
emergency support for children in the form of a £10 increase in child benefit;
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Our statement on the sad death of Frank Field:
Frank was a steadfast, highly successful and diligent campaigner against child poverty. It is largely down to Frank that we have child benefit today – a truly towering achievement.
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*THREAD* Just finished our submission to
@SSAC
on the
#universalcredit
managed migration regulations – how people on benefits like ESA and tax credits will move to UC. The more we read the more alarmed we get. Here’s why, and what we think the
@DWP
should do differently 1/10
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If the suspension of free travel for under 18s in London goes ahead, the cost of travel will be a major barrier to children and young people getting the education and careers that they deserve.
#DontZapTheZip
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We've had 10 years of the
#BenefitCap
.
The cap is now lower than when it was set in 2013.
In the meantime, prices have risen by 34 per cent.
It is causing real harm to families and children.
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We and 30 other organisations are calling on the government to increase benefits by 6% in April and ensure support for housing costs increases in line with rents. Read more:
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We need to see a commitment from all parties to scrap the two-child limit and increase child benefits.
Anything less would be a betrayal of Britain’s children.
BREAKING
Child poverty has risen *again*.
4.3 million children are living in poverty.
In a general election year, nothing should be more important to our political leaders than making things better for the country’s poorest kids.
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We're calling for: cash payments for
#FreeSchoolMeals
; urgent action to ensure all kids have the learning tools they need; & greater financial support to cover the increased costs families are facing. Our letter w/
@ChildrenNE
to Gavin Williamson is here:
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Thank you to Marcus Rashford for drawing attention to rising child poverty. Much more needs to be done, including lifting the two-child limit and extending free school meals into the summer holidays.
An Open Letter to all MPs in Parliament...
#maketheUturn
Please retweet and tag your local MPs
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Court of Appeal finds DWP's treatment of earnings under universal credit irrational in further victory for four single mothers - our statement on today's legal judgment:
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Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments on the two-child limit in The Sun, CPAG Chief Executive Alison Garnham said:
“With child poverty at a record high, the prime minister has now clearly decided that making kids poor is his political priority. 1/2
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We've joining 140+ children's organisations today to call on party leaders to prioritise children this election. Child poverty is a huge issue, and all parties need to commit to tackling it.
#GE19
#ChildrenAtTheHeart
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Today, we're exploring the cost barriers that affect children from low incomes throughout the school day, to mark the launch of our new UK-wide
#CostoftheSchoolDay
project. Follow along with us from 7am 🕖
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Universal free school meals mean children are better able to engage in learning, benefit from a balanced meal each day which supports their health and wellbeing, and no one is left feeling isolated or different.
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.
@Aiannucci
is our CPAG's new patron - we're so delighted to be working with Armando.
Armando said: "Now more than ever the issue of poverty in Britain is forefront in everyone’s minds. I’m keen to do as much as I can to highlight what positive efforts can be done to address...
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“Education should be about getting the most out of everything school has to offer. Not just the lessons, but the activities, the class trips, the friendships.” -
@Aiannucci
reads our
#R4Appeal
:
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Our welfare rights adviser Martin Williams on this case: “Benefit payments are set a bare minimum level for the basic essentials - no mother should have to see her children go short of essentials in order to pay the rent”
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“This is a very welcome and common-sense judgment which clearly establishes that the DWP has been applying its universal credit regulations incorrectly," our solicitor Carla Clarke responds to our High Court victory. Read the full press release here:
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Families’ budgets were already at breaking point before soaring bills and prices. Together with
@childrensociety
,
@jrf_uk
,
@TrussellTrust
and others we’re urging the government not to scrap increasing all benefits in line with inflation. [1/2]
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We and nearly 50 other organisations have sent a letter to the
@guardian
today calling on the govt to lift the two-child limit and benefit cap:
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109 academics have written to
@thetimes
today about the two-child limit: "It is quite simply one of the most damaging changes to the social security system ever." New stats on those affected are out later this morning
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Our view on this story is that we already have a minister responsible for our social security system which, on any basic understanding of its role, is meant to prevent poverty, destitution and hunger in this country
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A bit of good news:
@MikeAmesburyMP
's Bill to address excessive school uniform costs passed its second reading today. This will help children and families by bringing down the
#CostoftheSchoolDay
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Families from
@changing_r
describe how they simply have nothing left to cut back on.
The new Prime Minister must increase all benefits in line with inflation. Yet another cut to support for struggling families is unimaginable.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Please listen and retweet.
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It's unthinkable that the government would whip away the £20 lifeline at all, let alone while the economic impact of the pandemic rages on. The £20 uplift must be kept and extended to people on legacy benefits who haven't received it at all.
#KeepTheLifeline
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Our CEO
@alisongcpag
is quoted here: “We already have a minister responsible for our social security system which, on any basic understanding of its role, is meant to prevent poverty, destitution and hunger in this country.”
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Nothing the Chancellor said in his speech today will help worried parents. The cut to
#UniversalCredit
will leave millions of families without enough to live on. Cutting the incomes of the lowest earners won’t support jobs, & it will drive up child poverty
#KeepTheLifeline
#CPC21
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This is an important first step towards abolishing the policy altogether. This is a pernicious policy that picks off some children and says their needs will not be met. It will result in 200,000 more children falling into poverty.
BBC News - Universal credit: Two-child benefit cap to be relaxed
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Today we're joining with over 50 other organisations calling for an end to the two-child limit - you can read the reasons we are behind the campaign here:
#AllKidsCount
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It's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. We know that cutting £20 a week from
#UniversalCredit
will drive up poverty. We’re urging the government to reinstate the £20 at the autumn budget.
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We're delighted to have been shortlisted in the 2019 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards - twice! Our amazing legal/welfare rights team is up for Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-Profit Agency & one of our welfare rights advisers, Martin Williams, is shortlisted in the public law category.
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It simply isn’t good enough for one of the most powerful politicians in the country to blame his government’s failure to help people on a computer system. Every single day that passes, he is letting down families who need more money to live on. (1/2)
Rishi Sunak says the government's computer system wouldn't let him increase benefits further this year in response to the cost of living crisis
The chancellor acknowledges "technical problems sounds like an excuse"
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The PM made a speech this morning which focussed on reform to our social security system.
He must know he can’t scare people into good health, but his words this morning will be chilling for low-income families up and down the UK who rely on our social security system for help.
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"Today the chancellor could have helped millions of families cope with spiralling costs – but instead he failed the children who needed him the most. The measures he announced don’t come close to bridging the gap between what the lowest-income families have and what they need...
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"Should it not be a source of shame that so many poor children, who could have achieved so much, see their life’s potential diminished by forces over which they have no control and for which they have no responsibility?" -
@MaryBoustedNEU
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There’s been a lot of talk about who will lose out when moving to
#universalcredit
. Let’s look at the different ways people move on to the new benefit, and what this will mean for their income: THREAD 1/13
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We're calling for:
- a £10 increase in child benefit; removal of the benefit cap and two-child limit;
- changes to universal credit and legacy benefits that respond to gaps in the system;
- more money to local authorities for crisis support.
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*New report* out today: The Austerity Generation: the impact of a decade of cuts on family incomes and child poverty
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The question in this case was whether it's right & lawful to force tenants to spend subsistence benefits other than housing benefit (money intended for their and their kids' basic daily living needs) on rent to avoid homelessness. We say it's not and the Supreme Court has agreed
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Our manifesto for ending child poverty: . We want all parties in
#GE19
to make a commitment to tackle child poverty; & for the next gov to invest in kids' benefits, bring in a child poverty strategy & build a more effective social security system for us all
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On last night's free school meals vote, our CEO
@alisongcpag
said: “We’ve reached a low point if in the midst of a pandemic we decide we can’t make sure children in the lowest-income families have a nutritious meal in the middle of the day... 1/2
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#COVID19
will place additional financial pressures on families who are already struggling to get by. Children's needs will not be any less and school closures mean the loss of free school meals. We are calling for child benefit to be increased by £10 per week... 1/2
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38 bills but no direct help with spiralling costs... a far cry from what struggling families needed to hear. Govt offered no short term comfort for parents struggling to feed their kids in face of rocketing prices, and no long term vision for ending child poverty. -
@alisongcpag
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"We hope that the Secretary of State will apply the Upper Tribunal’s decision to get urgent help to families in desperate circumstances, while he pursues his appeal of the judgment."
Read more:
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We must not sleepwalk into a disastrous policy response to hunger in the UK. We must make sure that whenever we speak of the harm of hunger we make loud and clear its cause – poverty – and promote the right to a decent and adequate income above all else.
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We welcome the decision that free school meals entitlement will be extended to children whose parents have no recourse to public funds and families supported under Section 4 of the Children Act during the
#coronavirus
crisis
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The Prime Minister must increase all benefits in line with inflation at the very least. Yet another cut to support for struggling families is unimaginable.
PM does not confirm benefits and pensions will rise in line with inflation - says must wait for November 17th but says his record shows he will act with compassion
#pmqs
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Shockingly, 49% of children in lone parent families now live below the poverty line, up from 41% three years ago. Cuts hit this group very hard - the average single parent family will be £2,380 worse off under
#universalcredit
than UC first promised.
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After covid and the cost of living crisis, struggling families need a helping hand not another kick in the teeth.
The two-child limit makes life harder for kids, punishing them for having brothers and sisters. It’s time to scrap this nasty policy.”
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We really welcome the Secretary of State's announcement today that 3 year benefit sanctions will go, with the max length reduced to 6 months. We hope this is the start of a different approach to sanctions in general. Read about our view on sanctions here:
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Single parents move mountains to get sustainable work - and their employment rate is high - but they have suffered disproportionately over a decade of deep social security cuts
#Gingerbread100
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New
#UniversalCredit
regulations come in to force today. This follows our successful legal case concerning people paid monthly getting two wages in one UC assessment period. Our head of strategic litigation Carla Clarke has shared what the new regs mean:
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Good news - 6 months after our victory in the High Court, the government has now legislated to fix unfair ordering rules in the
#twochildlimit
. From today, children who are in kinship care or adopted will not count toward the limit, regardless of when they joined the family.
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"No child in the UK, whether of British, EU, or any other nationality, should have to live in undignified conditions, without adequate food, clothing or shelter, particularly when they have recently fled traumatic circumstances...
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Our CEO
@alisongcpag
's response to the announcement today of £39m for Citizens Advice to help people claim universal credit:
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OTD in 2017 the govt brought in the
#TwoChildLimit
, which denies families the support they need from our social security system when they experience tough times, trapping kids in poverty. It’s right to support families when they need it most. Govt should lift the two-child limit.
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Open letter from UK paediatricians about free school meals
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Our analysis shows the value of families’ universal credit will fall by £570 a year, on average. Unless benefits are increased by 7% in April to match inflation, this will be the second income cut for struggling families in six-months.
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“Please never tell a child/ adult who has grown up in poverty to be more resilient. Try spending a day in their shoes. They're the most resilient children you'll meet " – Thank you
@IsThatNaomiL
for sharing some of your own personal experience with us today
#ChallengePoverty
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10 years of the
#BenefitCap
.
250,000 kids trapped in deep poverty because of it.
Families left to live on as little as £44 a week after paying their rent.
It has to go.
#UnhappyAnniversary
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It's
#UniversalChildrensDay
. Supporting our children is the best investment we as a country can make. But cuts to
#UniversalCredit
will push 1 million children into poverty. The Chancellor must act in Wednesday's
#Budget2017
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