Tag: Child Poverty

The changes the government are forcing through will affect three million working families in the UK and in Swindon alone, around 11,300 working families will be affected. Instead of helping working people, the Tories are pushing through changes which will hit working families in the wallet. Information obtained from the HMRC shows that there are 11,300 working families in Swindon in danger of facing tax credit cuts from the government. In North Swindon there are 5,800 families claiming tax credits…

I will fight to bring back a full Children’s Centre Service across Swindon.  Affordable childcare is vital for working parents. That’s why Labour will provide 25 hours free childcare each week for working families with three and four-year-old children. Working parents in Swindon face an uphill battle to meet the rising cost of childcare. Under the Tories, seven Sure Start children’s centres have closed in Swindon since 2010. There are now 370 fewer registered childcare places here, and the cost of a part-time nursery place in Swindon has soared by 40%. Labour will…

We have seen several Sure Start centres close under the Tories in Swindon in the last couple of years, and if we lost the few we have left under another 5 years of Conservative government I really don’t know how parents would manage. Over 1,200 Sure Start centres could go under in the next five years, thanks to the Tories’ extreme plans to cut spending in the next Parliament. Sure Start closures will hit working families already struggling under David…

New research out this week from the End Child Poverty campaign group shows a steep incline in child poverty across Swindon, as high as 40% in some parts of the borough. New research out this week from the End Child Poverty campaign group shows a steep incline in child poverty across Swindon, as high as 40% in some parts of the borough. The campaign group are calling for politicians of all parties to urgently set out a clear roadmap towards ending child poverty which…