Dear
As this newsletter lands in your inboxes, the backbench rebellion in Parliament on welfare reforms continues to grow, forcing the Government to reconsider its position. This is a very welcome development not least from 4in10's perspective, because children living in family where someone is disabled have much higher poverty rates (36% compared to 25% in a household where no-one is disabled in 21/22) so if the proposed changes go ahead they will drive up child poverty rates.
Some of 4in10's members and allies including Z2K, Trussell, JRF and Campaign for Disability Justice have very much been at the forefront of the excellent campaigning that has bought the rebellion about. Please do take a moment to look at the Calls to Action section below and sign the petitions they are running, to keep the pressure up.
4in10 upcoming events
We are delighted to announce our next network event coming up in September for members and prospective members in Merton:
Child Poverty Free Merton, 17 September, 10:30 -12:30 at New Horizon Centre, South Lodge Avenue, Mitcham, CR4 1LT. More details and book a place here.
And don't forget our next Policy Forum meeting on 10 July, 10.30 - 12.00. We will be joined at the meeting by Laura Burgess from Resolve Poverty who will be speaking to us about their recent report 'Mission Critical: The role of English regions and localities in a whole-system approach to tackling poverty'. Link to join is here or drop Katherine a line to be added to the forum mailing list.
Best wishes
Katherine, Maddie and Emily
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