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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."

‘Let’s sort out the issue of money at home to give families stability and other things can flow from that.’ - Sara Ogilvie speaks at IPPR Independent Age The Centre for Social Justice fringe about tackling poverty and raising living standards. #LabourConference2024

Breakfast clubs are a welcome start but ending child poverty will need much more. And even with a pledge of no return to the past, austerity is the reality for more and more children as they’re hit by the two-child limit. The policy must be scrapped – and soon. #LabConf24

Together with Save the Children UK and Child Poverty Action Group we are sending a clear message to MPs at #LabourConference24 - now is the time to scrap the cruel two-child limit. A policy which pushes families with children into poverty. #Lab24 #AllKidsCount

'The effects [of the limit] are hard to pin down, but include the girls not knowing how to swim, because lessons are unaffordable; rarely taking family days out in the summer; living in an often unheated house; &, for Saira, dealing with constant stress.' theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

We’ve joined with Turn2us - Tackling Financial Insecurity Together and more than 60 other organisations to urge the chancellor to use language that supports, rather than stigmatises, when discussing social security at the #Budget2024. Let's build a new narrative. Our letter: turn2us.org.uk/New-Narrative

Low-to-middle income households in the UK have lower incomes than their European counterparts. Despite a similar GDP per capita, typical households in the UK are 9% poorer than in France, and our low-income households are 27% poorer than their French counterparts. Learn more ➡️

Rather than make rushed cuts to welfare spending, there are plausible options to raise tax even with major tax increases off the table. A 2-year freeze extension to Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds would be broadly progressive – except for the highest-income

The Health and Disability Green paper will deliver tiny income gains at the cost of major losses for those with health problems or a disability. Read our full analysis ➡️ buff.ly/cOVRRyD

‘Today’s grim statistics are a stark warning that the government’s own commitment to reduce child poverty will crash and burn unless it takes urgent action.’ - our CEO Alison Garnham quoted here theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

With child poverty numbers reaching a record high, the latest abrdn Financial Fairness Trust podcast looks at what can be done to address this, what’s worked before, and what we might expect from the Govt’s child poverty strategy. Joining me is Alison Garnham Child Poverty Action Group on.soundcloud.com/RkRTpxFptVvnsu…

The combined impact of the minimum wage and employer NICs increases in April varies across different parts of the labour market. Costs are set to rise significantly in hospitality and retail, for part-time workers, for young workers, and for workers in low-paid occupations.

The changes to disability benefits will lead to very substantial falls in income for some families. While some families will gain a small amount from the changes, others will lose thousands of pounds a year.

Our latest analysis projects that the disposable income of a working-age household on a typical income will fall by 1 per cent – or £400 – in real-terms this financial year, while households across the poorest half of the country are set for an even sharper 2 per cent fall

Govt welfare cuts are the wrong choice - twice as many of the public oppose as support: 54% vs 26% - latest Opinium polling for abrdn Financial Fairness Trust Personal Finance Research Centre tracker (6k sample) - as govt welfare reform bill may be blocked financialfairness.org.uk/en-gb/news-and…

This brutal policy is making children’s lives hard and their futures bleak. - Alison Garnham in the Guardian theguardian.com/society/2025/j…