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To: All MPs
Addressing children in poverty in England
To commit to an independent review of welfare reforms, to ensure the programme works as intending it to and that the impact on families is not more extensive than predicted.
To commit to an independent review on provision for vulnerable groups needs to be made, to ensure that women fleeing domestic violence and families affected by mental health conditions, for example, are protected despite welfare reforms.
To develop a mechanism for collating and using foodbank statistics. These are available from all around the country, and are rich and useful sources of data about the impact of reforms on the ground. Developing a central mechanism for collecting and analysing these should help inform more useful policy.
Why is this important?
Understand the impact of reforms on children where many other vulnerable groups are protected somewhat from the programmes of welfare reform, children remain vulnerable to its effects. Understanding the impacts of these reforms on children should help inform policies and encourage thinking about how to mitigate these effects.
