Nursery World - Charity calls for more help for families during the coronavirus pandemic

Child Poverty Action Group wants emergency support for families with children put in place if schools are closed due to Covid-19 to ensure that they can afford adequate healthy food.

Child Poverty Action Group is concerned that families won't be able to afford healthy food if they can't work due to the coronavirus

The charity says that if schools close due to the virus then family incomes may be reduced as parents will have to stay home to care for their children and children cannot receive free school meals.

It is calling on the Government to increase child benefit by £10 a week for the duration of the pandemic, which it says would be the best way to get money to families with children quickly as the infrastructure already exists. The payments could be made through universal credit.

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the Government to suspend the two-child universal credit limit and benefit cap.

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