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Key workers witnessing ‘worst child poverty levels they can remember’
Labour to lead parliamentary motion to cancel universal credit cuts and extend free school meals
Pupils arriving at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford, Cheshire
by Bethany Rielly
KEY WORKERS are seeing “the worst child poverty levels they can remember,” campaigners warned today ahead of Labour-led parliamentary motions to cancel universal credit cuts and extend free school meals.
Ministers appear to be pushing ahead with plans to scrap a £20-per-week boost to universal credit (UC) brought in last year, despite warnings from charities that this will drive 200,000 children into poverty.
But the Tories could still be pressured into abandoning the cuts as Labour forces a Commons vote on the plans on Monday in an opposition day debate.
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