Within its State of the Nation 2021 report, the SMC calls for a ‘shake-up’ of child welfare benefits and significant investment in education to end child poverty and reduce the ‘widening’ attainment gap.
It says that action is needed now to ‘rescue the next generation from decades of hardship’ and says the Government, employers and educators should start by ending child poverty. According to the commission, almost one in three children (4.3 million) are now in poverty, 700,000 more than in 2012.
To lift 1.5m children out of poverty, it proposes a £14 billion package of support which includes:
It also recommends:
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