The Cost of the School Day project provides a range of resources for schools and local authorities who are trying to remove or reduce financial barriers to education.
Collating case studies and evidence to demonstrate the impact of changes in the social security system on the wellbeing of children, their families and the communities and services that support them.
The benefit cap affects the poorest families. Living in deep poverty is particularly damaging for children’s life chances. Getting rid of the benefit cap would mean that about 300,000 children would be living in less deep poverty.