Georgina

Poverty and education researcher. Tweets about border collies, plants, and fighting inequality.

[Child Poverty Action Group @CPAGUK]

Scrapping the two-child limit will be transformational for children.

This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on.

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[Marc Rowland @marcrowland73]

*Please* stop blaming parents for the underachievement of disadvantaged pupils.

[North East Child Poverty Commission @nechildpoverty]

We have joined forces with @SCHOOLSNE to publish a briefing on free school meals and 'auto-enrolment' in our region, which has been shared with all of the North East's MPs 1/2

[Education Committee @CommonsEd]

Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue �Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue �Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue �Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue �Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue �Working with @CommonsWorkPen, we're calling on Government to provide answers on the work of its Child Poverty Taskforce.

The taskforce aims to address root causes of child poverty. Read our letter to those working on this key issue 👇

[Tes magazine @tes]

The lunch hour is the only part of the school day that is means-tested… It shouldn’t be that way, argues @kate_cpag of @CPAGUK https://t.co/TqunjZRcT8

[Poverty Proofing© @povertyproofcne]

Please share throughout the NE to get as many voices represented in this consultation as possible👇

[Child Poverty Action Group @CPAGUK]

Social security should provide stability & support at times of need, but the brutality of the two-child limit is plain to see in what these women & children have been through. Their experience should focus minds on the need to abolish the policy entirely. https://t.co/x2aNjBP73w

[Child Poverty Action Group @CPAGUK]

The Chancellor brought good news on breakfast clubs and universal credit deductions but this was not a Budget of bold action on child poverty. The Chancellor missed a golden chance to scrap the two-child limit, a policy that will pull 16,000 extra children into poverty...

[Sean Harris FCCT @SeanHarris_NE]

This time last week, I had the privilege of contributing to an event that championed a decade of @povertyproofcne @ChildrenNE

Here's ten questions we've been asking about inequality @teesvalleyed and how #PovertyProofing et al can help to answer them

https://t.co/RsKG7XL6U3

[Parentkind @Parentkind]

Many parents are making big sacrifices to make ends meet. Over the last 12 months:
🚫35% of parents rationed heating
🚫17% skipped meals
🚫14% took on an extra job or extra hours to help with the cost of having children
🚫11% have taken out a loan or debt to pay for school costs

[Parentkind @Parentkind]

The cost of living:
💰34% of parents are struggling with their finances
💰2.8 million are worried about affording their rent or mortgage
💰1 in 5 parents struggle to afford the cost of sending their child to school
💰Almost half are concerned about the cost of school uniforms

[Paul Green @PaulGreenNE]

The North East curriculum and assessment review event will be at Wyvern Academy, Darlington - Tuesday 26th November - 1pm – 4pm. Register here: https://t.co/yRgTgeYZEj

[Sean Harris FCCT @SeanHarris_NE]

Whilst there is immense need in the #NorthEast communities, there is also a need for optimism because of the difference @povertyproofcne @nechildpoverty @CPAGUK @ChildoftheNort1 @_TheFEA @CfYoungLives @CAERBradford @teesvalleyed @RankFoundation et al are making across the region

[Child Poverty Action Group @CPAGUK]

The clock is ticking while child poverty rises. Scrapping the two-child limit is the most cost-effective way to stop more kids being pulled into poverty on the government’s watch.

The policy must be abolished in the upcoming budget.

https://t.co/VeYrib22aZ

[Child Poverty Action Group @CPAGUK]

109 kids are being pulled into poverty every day the two-child limit remains in place.

The government should scrap it at the Budget.

#AllKidsCount

[Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0]

in his speech today, Starmer spoke about holes: financial holes, political holes, social holes... But he did not talk about what his government will do to address the gaping holes in children's lives left by poverty. This must change and soon.

[Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0]

Really brilliant speech from Josiane Pouadjeu Kammani, a @CPAGUK youth panel member on the urgent need for change to improve the lives of the next generation of children. We have stories to tell, she said, and the government just need to listen, and act #LabourConference2024

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

If anyone at Lab conference is at a loss for what to do this afternoon I'll be speaking on a @CPAGUK panel shortly at the Leonardo Hotel (2.30) on child poverty.

Probably more interestingly Liz Kendall is due to be there too.

[Beth Farhat @BethFarhatNEU]

We spent the morning at Lambton Primary. @SharonHodgsonMP listens to why #FreeSchoolMeals make a difference to them. They wrote postcards to the PM urging him to make sure we have healthy universal free school meals for all! @NoChildBehindUK

[Steve Rollett @steverollett]

At the @OECD Education at a Glance report launch. Good to hear @bphillipsonMP acknowledging the impact of child poverty on our schools and society. Acknowledging the challenge is the important first step to tackling it - which can’t come soon enough.