The school summer holidays should be a joyful time for children and parents. Every child deserves to laugh, play and have fun over the summer, and parents too should have the chance to enjoy making memories and spending time with their children. But CPAG research has found that millions of families anticipate struggling to afford essential items, childcare and typical summer experiences for their children over the long break.
As the long school holiday gets underway, a survey suggests low-income families face a particularly challenging summer with parents feeling more worried this year than last about being able to afford things for their children.
A survey of paediatricians – published today on the one-year anniversary of government’s Child Poverty Taskforce – reveals that children are experiencing more severe health issues due to poverty, placing a system already stretched thin under much more considerable strain as well as affecting health outcomes in childhood and later on in life.
DWP figures out today show 1.6 million (1 in 9) children are affected by the two-child limit. 62 per cent of affected families have three children, and 59 per cent of affected families are working.
Today, the government published the annual statistics on families affected by the two-child limit. For the first time, these statistics include a breakdown of the impact by gender, ethnicity, disability, conditionality status, and age of the children in the household.
