Suffolk County Council has said an action plan to reduce poverty is being created after new data from the End Child Poverty Coalition found one in three Ipswich youngsters were living in poverty prior to Covid-19.
This will form the new all age poverty reduction plan.
“Over the last few years the council has been working to ensure families are aware of how to apply for Free School Meals provision and we have actively encouraged uptake to ensure children have access to school meals during the school day.
“Furthermore, we have been promoting the Healthy Start Voucher scheme among families to increase uptake and for the last two years and indeed this year, the council and partners have provided food and activities during school holidays for families.
“The full extent of the impact Covid has had on families remains unknown, but we are continually reviewing the evidence that we do have around the impact of Covid and we have seen an increase in foodbank usage.
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Jerry Torty and Johnathan Ball were fined by magistrates
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A Suffolk company director and employee have been handed a bill of more than £1,500 in total after preventing a fire inspector from carrying out a safety check.
The inspector from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service visited Eastern Counties Refrigeration Ltd on Minton Enterprise Park in Newmarket on August 24 last year to check compliance with fire regulations.
The visit was made with other agencies, following a referral alleging that the upstairs area of the commercial unit was being used for sleeping accommodation, Suffolk Magistrates Court heard.
Employee Jerry Torty, 36, of Stanley Road, Newmarket, pleaded guilty to obstruction of a fire safety inspector who was attempting to undertake his duties.