Parents do an excellent job with very little support.
Ms Spence added that referrals during the pandemic have gone up as parents on low incomes have been on furlough, are in precarious job situations or have lost employment when they have no savings. You have parents who are not just running out of nappies, she said. There are none left that day.
Ian Fisher, leader of the Conservative group at Ipswich Borough Council, thinks more cross-party consensus is needed on child poverty.
- Credit: Ipswich Borough Council
But, most of all, she thinks families struggling just don t know what support is out there - a point echoed by Ian Fisher, from Ipswich Conservatives.
Parents do an excellent job with very little support.
Ms Spence added that referrals during the pandemic have gone up as parents on low incomes have been on furlough, are in precarious job situations or have lost employment when they have no savings. You have parents who are not just running out of nappies, she said. There are none left that day.
Ian Fisher, leader of the Conservative group at Ipswich Borough Council, thinks more cross-party consensus is needed on child poverty.
- Credit: Ipswich Borough Council
But, most of all, she thinks families struggling just don t know what support is out there - a point echoed by Ian Fisher, from Ipswich Conservatives.