- Hopefully more on this today at the oral evidence session focused on children and young people as part of the Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry on routes to settlement: committees.parliament.uk/work/9389/ro...
- Despite the good quality of this debate, there's a lack of consideration given to the proposed penalties for access to benefits, which are likely to punish individuals and families unevenly. Families with children & those in need will be discouraged from accessing support.
- My written evidence to the HASC focused on children & families & the likelihood that proposed reforms will push more children into poverty or keep them there & increasing material deprivation through ongoing fees rather than investment in children's needs committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
- The penalties on those accessing benefits (which will invariably affect low income families and those in need more) are especially pernicious & create a dangerous precedent for those who need help.
