THE End Child Poverty coalition has just released local statistics of the numbers of children living in poverty across the UK.
There are now 17,667 children (24%) living in poverty in the Fife local authority area, a very high percentage.
The cap on children’s benefits that has been implemented by the Government is having a devastating impact on child poverty across the country. Families struggle to make ends meet as prices, especially rents, continue to rise.
In some areas child poverty is now over 50%. That means we live in a country where some children are more likely to grow up in poverty than not.
Children are growing up in homes where they go without meals, appropriate clothing or heating.
The detrimental impact of growing up in poverty on a child’s educational attainment, their health outcomes and future employment is well documented.
The failure of this Government to prioritise and invest in the future of the next generation is scandalous. It is time the cap on children’s benefits was ended.
JIM HUNTER,
Kirkcaldy.
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