Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 4:16 pm
The Child Poverty Action Group, ActionStation, and an
advocate with personal experience today jointly called for
the Government to end dithering on increasing income
support.
The coalition today presented a 8000-strong petition urging the Government to put
children and whānau wellbeing at the heart of the welfare
system to the Social Services and Community select
committee, which heard the submission almost 18 months after
it was first published.
“The world has changed
dramatically since 2019. But it has changed in ways that
show even more acutely how important our recommendations
are,” ActionStation’s Ruby Powell said.
Child Poverty