Poverty has a lifelong impact on education and learning. The government’s austerity measures are making an already near impossible situation worse. Not addressing the unacceptable levels of poverty in this country betrays not only this generation but future generations too.
Life is hard for thousands of families and thousands of individuals who are on the receiving end of cuts to welfare benefits and the cuts in services. Many have to resort to food banks and many live in fear of the bedroom tax. A staggering two-thirds of children who are living in poverty have at least one member of their family in paid employment. The Institute of Fiscal Studies has said that people receiving tax credits would be “significantly worse off” as a result of the measures introduced in the latest Spending Review.
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