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Important piece on the two-child limit (distinct from the benefit cap - which should also be abolished) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New figures show alarming numbers not moving to universal credit - and losing all of their benefits as a result. The proportion of tax credit claimants not moving to universal credit has jumped to 39%, up from 25% in July. cpag.org.uk/news/new-figur…

Great new report from Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) on the proposal to scrap the WCA, and the wider state of social security for disabled people. Also a really good animation explainer at z2k.org/wp-content/upl… !

Why are far too many children being affected by poverty? #ITVTonight has been finding out... Kids In Poverty: Britain's Shame | Presented by Paul Brand | ITV1 | 8:30pm

We all want the best for our kids. Join us and Changing Realities in calling for: 1. More support for children’s mental health 2. Investment in our social security system 3. Free school meals for all 4. Better support for parents seeking good work #HopeStartsHere changingrealities.org/hope

Many congratulations and very well deserved!

More than 4 million children are living in poverty in the UK. Poverty puts children’s education, health and life chances on the line. We can lift one million children out of poverty:

New Resolution Foundation report out today on the state of social security, by Alex Clegg on where 14 years of reforms have left us and what challenges await the next Government. Thread below.

You can read more resolutionfoundation.org/publications/r…, and watch the event resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-sta… 18/18. End.

Given children and many young people don't have a vote this election, please help amplify the voice of our Youth Panel by asking your candidates: If elected what would your party do to increase the threshold for free school meals & allow more children to access free food?

Relieved to see this modest tonal shift on 2-child policy: is the sheer force of the argument against the worst of all welfare policies beginning to register? KS said: “I’m not immune from just how powerful an argument this is” theguardian.com/politics/artic…

"All activities are off... I'm really stressed" Nanda from Changing Realities a lone parent with two young children explained the stress of summer holidays today on BBC Radio Scotland with CPAG Scotland Listen back from 59mins👇The Robertson Trust bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Two child limit stats out today show numbers of children affected by this policy is now at 1.6m. Child Poverty Action Group report of families affected paints a devastating picture of family life under this policy. It has to go. cpag.org.uk/news/things-wi…

Almost two-in-five large families are now affected by the two-child limit on benefit support. Yesterday's DWP data shows that 38% families with three or more children were affected in April 2024. See our previous analysis of this policy: resolutionfoundation.org/publications/c…

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Our CEO Alison Garnham: The govt has pledged an ambitious child poverty-reduction strategy but unless it scraps the two-child limit on benefits it will fail to deliver on that. Children in poverty are hungry now. Their life chances are being jeopardised now. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

"Our classrooms are filled with children who are hungry, tired, and lacking the resources they need to succeed. They’re also distracted by money worries at home." - Our letter with school leaders, governors and teachers, calling for the government to scrap the two-child limit.

We will be taking part in the children & young people's module of the Covid inquiry as a core participant. Our CEO Alison Garnham: “This stage of the Covid-19 inquiry provides an opportunity to investigate how a decade of cuts to family incomes, stark child poverty levels... 1/3

Alison Garnham "and deep social inequalities left children on the lowest incomes defenceless in the pandemic. "On the eve of the first lockdown more than one in four children were in poverty and as many as one in two for those from Black and minority ethnic groups. 2/3

Alison Garnham "And societal disparities only worsened as government responses proved inadequate. This must never happen again. The Inquiry’s critical work must pave the way for new protections for children including legally binding child poverty-reduction targets."