According to research commissioned by the Trade Union Congress, the number of key worker households living in poverty has risen by 65,000 over the past two years.
According to a new study, one in five key worker households in the United Kingdom has children living in poverty.
According to research conducted by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the number of children growing up in poverty in key worker households has climbed by 65,000 over the past two years, to over one million.
According to the analysis conducted by Landman Economics for the TUC, more than two-fifths of children in key worker homes live in poverty in certain regions.
The North East has the highest percentage of child poverty among key worker parents (41%), followed by the North West and London (both 29%) and the East of England (29%). (24 percent ).
The TUC reports that Scotland (8.3 percent) and Wales (8.9 percent) have the lowest unemployment rates.
After a “brutal decade” of pay freezes and cutbacks, the union warned that another year of below-inflation pay increases in the public sector would be “devastating” for frontline employees.
According to the report, data indicates that the real pay for registered nurses would decrease by £1,100 this year and for paramedics by more than £1,500.
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the TUC, stated, “Our incredible core personnel saw us through the pandemic. The bare minimum they deserve is to be able to provide for their families, but the government is trapping too many critical worker households in poverty.
The cruel decision by ministers to keep down salaries will inflict widespread hardship and increase the probability of recession in the United Kingdom.
The ministers have a deaf ear.
Child Poverty Action Group’s policy director, Sara Ogilvie, called the findings “outrageous” and stated that “children are growing up in poverty as a direct result of terrible policy decisions.”
According to the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, the important staff is forced to pick between buying food and gas.
Paul Cullen stated that ministers were indifferent to their predicament.
The National Association of School Leaders (NAHT) stated that it has never seen so many families “pushed into poverty” and that the government “must take significant and immediate measures to support individuals.”
The president of the union, Dr. Paul Gosling, stated, “School leaders are furious and frustrated that more is not being done to support our communities, since they are aware that the repercussions of poverty may have a devastating impact on children’s life chances.”
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of NAHT, continued, “Hungry children are not ready to learn.
Teachers and school administrators are increasingly required to address the effects of poverty before they can begin teaching.
“These youngsters are already the victims of a decade of austerity; the government must act immediately to prevent them from becoming a generation wholly lost.”
Government ‘recognize’ individuals are struggling
“We recognize that people are struggling with rising prices, which is why we are protecting millions of the most vulnerable families with at least £1,200 in direct payments, beginning with the £326 cost of living payment that has already been issued to more than seven million low-income households,” said a government spokesperson.
“We also make work profitable.
We are saving the average employee over £330 annually through tax cuts, have increased the National Living Wage to £9.50, the largest increase since its introduction in 2016, and are allowing people on Universal Credit to keep an average of £1,000 more of their earnings, while all households will receive £400 in energy payments.
