Nursery World - Children’s commissioners urge Government to protect children from austerity measures

The four UK children’s commissioners have called on the Government to stop making cuts to benefits and welfare reforms in order to protect children.

In a joint report to the United Nations on Wednesday, the children’s commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, argue that the Government’s response to the global economic downturn, including the imposition of austerity measures and changes to the welfare system, has resulted in a failure to protect the most disadvantaged children and those in vulnerable groups from child poverty.

The commissioners carried out a review of the state of children’s policies as part of evidence to the UN on how much progress has been made under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

They claim that the Government did not consider the best interests of children when introducing policies, nor did they seek children’s views.

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