Wednesday, December 26, 2018
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The report from the National Education Union about the dire state of child poverty in the UK and the devastating impact this is having on school children should shame us all (More children are hungry and cold, teachers’ poll suggests, 17 December). Unfortunately, the report comes as no surprise given the number of previous studies with similar findings. We have known for too long that children are now going to school hungry and without adequate clothing, that 3 million children are at risk of going hungry during the school holidays and 5.2 million children will be living in poverty by 2020-21, according to projections by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The new report nevertheless confirms the shocking reality in a country which is the world’s fifth largest economy. As rabbis we implore the government to start 2019 by doing the following: introduce a proper strategy to decrease child poverty, including re-instituting targets; restore the value of children’s benefits (this alone according to Child Poverty Action Group could result in 300,000 to 400,000 fewer children living in poverty); and make universal credit fit for working families.
Rebecca Birk, Janet Burden, Howard Cooper, Janet Darley, Elana Dellal, Colin Eimer, Warren Elf, Ariel J Friedlander, Dr Margaret Jacobi, Richard Jacobi, Oliver Joseph, Monique Mayer, Jeffrey Newman, Sylvia Rothschild, Marc Saperstein, Fabian Sborovsky, Benji Stanley, Daniela Thau, Pete Tobias, Kath Vardi, Alexandra Wright
from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2CxFZv4
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