Frustrated by the ‘stark lack of focus’ from the Conservative and Labour leaders during their election campaigning, the organisations and charities committed to ending child poverty, have written a letter calling for hardship to be at the top of the new Prime Minister’s to-do list.
The letter has been signed by organisations including the Joseph Rowntree Trust (JRF), Trusell Trust, Citizens Advice, Gingerbread and Barnardos.
It states, ‘This general election is taking place against a backdrop of deep and growing hardship. In the six months to May, 7 million low-income households were forced to go without essentials like food, adequate clothing and basic toiletries, and over the past year, food banks in the Trussell Trust network distributed a record 3.1 million emergency food parcels.
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