Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Linden (Scottish National Party), on Monday, 26 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

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Save the Children's report on the cost of raising a family in 2023

That this House commends the recent report by Save the Children entitled Just barely surviving: The cost of raising a family in 2023, which documents how the cost-of-living crisis and increasing inflation combined with the inadequate social security system is plunging families with children into poverty and hardship; highlights the report’s findings that a single parent with one child would on average need to spend an additional £3,100 in 2023-24 to get the same basket of goods and services that they would have bought in 2019-20 and that this rises to almost £5,600 or over £100 per week for a couple with three children; agrees with the report’s recommendations that include implementing a child poverty strategy, abolishing the two child limit, scrapping the benefit cap and ensuring that any future cost-of-living payments vary by family size; and urges the Government to consider the findings and recommendations of the report.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1365 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

John McDonnell

Patrick Grady

Chris Stephens

Marion Fellows

Subjects

Children Costs Families Poverty Cost of living Save the Children Fund

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk