- Strong stuff from the Chancellor 💪🏻 One slight prob: her gov's NRPF policy (which restricts access to MOST benefits not just UC & which they're planning to extend to those w/ ILR) does precisely this: discriminates between children based on where parents are from www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- And *spoiler alert* this policy does disproportionately impact children from racialised backgrounds. But she's right that NO child deserves to grow up in poverty & be excluded from vital support.Jan 8, 2026 10:28
- Under govs earned settlement reforms, said NHS mum next door could even be born in the UK but spend her whole childhood without access to key benefits like Child Benefit based on where her parents were from or what they did while she was growing up.
- Want to read more how the NRPF policy drives child poverty? Read my chapter on this very topic: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book...