The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 set stretching targets for child poverty reduction. The...
Covid-19
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08/04/2020
UN Warns Mass Hunger Facing West Africa Will Worsen as Coronavirus Takes Hold
A new United Nations food assessment of 17 West African countries - made before the potential impact of Covid-19 - finds more than 19 million people in the region will go hungry during the upcoming lean season.
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31/03/2020
Letter to the Chancellor
Help families facing Covid-19 crisis: social policy academics and the PSE say raise Child Benefit to £50
With millions of families facing a catastrophic loss of income due to the coronavirus, 85 leading social policy academics from the LSE and universities across the UK, have signed a letter calling on the Chancellor to raise Child Benefit to £50 per child per week. They say it is a simple, efficient and cost-effective way to provide urgently needed help.
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29/03/2020
Impact of Covid-19 on food access
The Food Foundation has just released the results of a YouGov survey on the impact of Covid-19 on food access. (See here ) They found that;
“More than 1.5 million adults in Britain say they cannot obtain enough food, 53% of NHS workers are worried about getting food, and half of parents with children eligible for Free School Meals have not received any substitute meals to keep their children fed, despite government assurances that they would provide food vouchers or parcels. This means that 830,000 children could be going without daily sustenance on which they usually rely.”
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