Paul Carberry, chief executive of Action for Children, said: ‘The UK government’s number one priority should be fixing its failing approach to tackling poverty, which is hurting children the most. Millions are needlessly suffering the misery of hardship at huge financial and societal cost to us all. Only the ministerial will to make the right long-term decisions will help them and future generations escape it.
‘The Chancellor must deliver on his manifesto promise to use the benefits system to reduce child poverty. He needs to boost targeted help to our poorest children by increasing the child element of Universal Credit and reform Cost of Living Payments to take family size into account.’
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