CPAG response to Conservative manifesto

Responding to the Conservative party’s election manifesto today, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group Alison Garnham said: 

"The future is far from secure for 4 million children in poverty yet there isn’t a plan in the manifesto to tackle record child poverty. The PM’s commitment to increasing the number of families receiving child benefit is welcome but reducing entitlements to disability benefits and increasing sanctions in our social security system will make some of the worst-off families even more insecure. There will be no financial security for millions of struggling families until all parties commit to abolishing the poverty-producing two-child limit and benefit cap and to an increase in the rate of child benefit. Children have no voice in this election but their well-being should be front and centre for all politicians."