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Pre-Autumn Statement briefing for MPs

15 November 2022
Our briefing to MPs before the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022.
Benefit cap Benefit levels Briefing Free school meals Universal credit UK
Report

The Cost of a Child in 2022

08 November 2022
Families in 2022 are facing the greatest threat to their living standards in living memory. Much has been written about these pressures, but to put them into context, we need to understand what has been happening to children’s and families’ costs in recent years. The Cost of a Child reports have been produced annually for a decade, and this 2022 edition presents the latest evidence of what families need as a minimum, and how this compares to the actual incomes of low-income families.
Benefit levels Children’s benefits Cost of a child Costs and spending Report Universal credit UK
Briefing

Uprating for all

25 October 2022
Child Poverty Action Group, Age UK and Save the Children have produced a joint briefing on the importance of uprating all benefits and the state pension in line with inflation.
Benefit delivery Benefit levels Briefing UK
Briefing

Parliamentary briefing on uprating

12 October 2022
A briefing for MPs and peers on the impact of not increasing benefits by inflation.
Benefit cap Benefit delivery Benefit levels Briefing Child poverty statistics UK
Briefing

Benefit cap: cost of living in a crisis

16 September 2022
Removing the cap would mean an additional £65 a week, on average, in the pockets of capped households, meaning an average capped couple with 2 children would be £85 below the poverty line.
Benefit cap Briefing Universal credit UK
Briefing

Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill briefing

08 July 2022
The Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill is a Private Members’ Bill introduced by Lord Farmer (Conservative). It aims to allow recipients of child benefit to receive, if they wish, a higher rate of child benefit when a child is younger, in exchange for a lower rate when the child is older. This would be an alternative to the current system whereby a flat rate is paid throughout childhood. The second reading will take place on Friday 8 July.
Benefit delivery Briefing Children’s benefits UK
Briefing

Universal Credit (Removal of the Two Child Limit) Bill briefing

08 July 2022
The Universal Credit (Removal of the Two Child Limit) Bill is a Private Members’ Bill brought forward by the Lord Bishop of Durham to remove the limit in universal credit (UC) that restricts support to just the first two children in a family. The second reading will take place on Friday 8 July.
Briefing Two child limit Universal credit UK
Briefing

Children’s futures and the economic case for before- and after-school provision

07 July 2022
A joint briefing with Magic Breakfast outlining the economic case for before- and after-school provision.
Briefing Childcare Cost of the school day Education Extended schools UK
Briefing

Falling further behind: hardship among benefit capped families as prices rise

21 June 2022
New statistics released today show that 120,000 households were subject to the benefit cap in February 2022. The benefit cap limits the amount of social security some households receive, with families losing £236 a month, on average.
Benefit cap Benefit levels Briefing Costs and spending UK
Briefing

Has the two-child limit affected how many children families have?

14 June 2022
This briefing summaries the findings of two papers from the Benefit Changes and Larger Families research study which explore whether the two-child limit has affected families’ decisions about how many children to have.
Benefit levels Briefing Child poverty statistics Two child limit UK