That this Council:-
(a) notes the publication in November of new figures by the End Child Poverty coalition which highlight that there are more than 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK;
(b) further notes that Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the 14th highest levels of child poverty of any constituency in the country with 39.7% of children (11,706 children) living in poverty and in Sheffield Central 34.9% of children (5,452 children) are living in poverty;
(c) believes that this number of children living in poverty is disgraceful and notes that from the beginning of the Coalition Government in 2010 children’s charities have been warning that the Government’s policies would result in increased child poverty and this has been seen through the significant growth in foodbanks in recent years;
(d) regrets that child poverty has increased by over 200,000 in the past year and notes reports by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which suggest that the UK is set for the biggest increase in child poverty in a generation and that by 2020 child poverty will have risen by 50%;
(e) regrets that the changes to Universal Credit announced in the Autumn Statement do not address the huge cuts made by this Government and recalls that the cuts to Universal Credit introduced by this Government have taken £2,100 per year from 2.5 million working families today and the measures in the Autumn Statement will give them back as little as £150;
(f) notes research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which highlights that lone parents with 2 children, working full time on the National Living Wage, have lost £2,586 per year due to changes in benefits since 2015; and
(g) welcomes Labour’s proposal to reverse cuts to Universal Credit Work Allowances, to restore the important principle abandoned by this Government that work will always pay.
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RESOLVED: On the Motion of Councillor Nasima Akther, seconded by Councillor Jackie Drayton, that this Council:-
(a) notes the publication in November of new figures by the End Child Poverty coalition which highlight that there are more than 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK;
(b) further notes that Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough has the 14th highest levels of child poverty of any constituency in the country with 39.7% of children (11,706 children) living in poverty and in Sheffield Central 34.9% of children (5,452 children) are living in poverty;
(c) believes that this number of children living in poverty is disgraceful and notes that from the beginning of the Coalition Government in 2010, children’s charities have been warning that the Government’s policies would result in increased child poverty and this has been seen through the significant growth in foodbanks in recent years;
(d) regrets that child poverty has increased by over 200,000 in the past year and notes reports by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which suggest that the UK is set for the biggest increase in child poverty in a generation and that by 2020 child poverty will have risen by 50%;
(e) regrets that the changes to Universal Credit announced in the Autumn Statement do not address the huge cuts made by this Government and recalls that the cuts to Universal Credit introduced by this Government have taken £2,100 per year from 2.5 million working families today and the measures in the Autumn Statement will give them back as little as £150;
(f) notes research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which highlights that lone parents with 2 children, working full time on the National Living Wage, have lost £2,586 per year due to changes in benefits since 2015; and
(g) welcomes Labour’s proposal to reverse cuts to Universal Credit Work Allowances, to restore the important principle abandoned by this Government that work will always pay.
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(NOTE: Councillors Andy Nash, Bob Pullin, Richard Shaw, Adam Hanrahan, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Paul Scriven, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Sue Auckland, Steve Ayris, Gail Smith, David Baker, Penny Baker and Vickie Priestley voted for paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) to (g), and voted against paragraph (c) of the Motion and asked for this to be recorded.) |