Sara Ogilvie
@sarzogz
Human rights and social justice 💕 || trade unionist ✊|| swimmer 🌊 || work at @cpaguk - views are very much my own || ex @the_tuc and @libertyhq || mum 👶
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10-08-2012 09:38:42
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'Unless the [forthcoming child poverty] strategy scraps the two-child limit, more and more children across the UK will see their potential — in and outside the school gates — stunted by poverty.' - Kate Anstey thetimes.com/uk/education/a…
Children constantly tell us about the shame and stigma they experience due to not being able to afford the cost of school. This new research by Child Poverty Action Group highlights the further financial pressure families on low incomes face. 1/3
Our joint polling reveals almost three-quarters of those polled (73%) agreed that all “children deserve a good childhood, even if it costs the government more to support families that need it”. Save the Children UK Child Poverty Action Group Barnardo’s theguardian.com/society/2025/m…
Worth a watch - Gordon Brown tells it like it is on the two-child limit.
We understand from this article from Pippa Crerar that there will be a delay to the publication of the much anticipated Child Poverty Strategy. theguardian.com/society/2025/m… Here is our response 👇
"If not now, then when?" Sara Ogilvie of Child Poverty Action Group warns that more children are being "pulled into poverty" every day, and calls on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Read more: trib.al/bWLaNqH 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
“Every single day that passes, more and more kids are getting pulled into poverty.” Scrapping the two child benefit cap is the “obvious” solution to reducing child poverty, says Sarah Ogilvie, director of policy at the Child Poverty Action Group. @AyeshaHazarika Sara Ogilvie
🌹"Labour voters of all persuasions, from progressives in Brighton to those in Reform’s sights in Teesside, are ready to back an end to the two-child benefit cap." Read Ed Dorrell here: labourlist.org/2025/05/two-ch…
The End Child Poverty coalition, which we are part of, has published its annual report on child poverty figures at a local level. In two-thirds of constituencies, at least 1 in 4 kids are living in poverty.
🤝 | NEW REPORT: The government has an opportunity to turn the tide on child poverty. Our joint roadmap with Changing Realities & Child Poverty Action Group sets out what a serious strategy must include - shaped by lived experience, grounded in policy evidence. ippr.org/articles/getti… (1/3)
The two-child limit and the benefit cap have already trapped hundreds of thousands of children in poverty, and this number is rising ever higher with each day that passes. Families living in poverty cannot wait mirror.co.uk/news/politics/… The Mirror Child Poverty Action Group
‘A game-changer for children and families. We hope this is a sign of what's to come in the autumn's child poverty strategy, with government taking more action to meet its manifesto commitment to reduce child poverty in the UK.’ - Kate Anstey bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Our head of education policy Kate Anstey speaking to BBC News about what free school meals expansion means.
