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Government should: Consult with disabled children's organisations to develop and put into practice policies for: (a) Tackling high poverty levels...
Government should: (a) Tackle the root causes of infant and child mortality, including deprivation and inequality. (b) Carry out automatic,...
Although rates of relative poverty have remained static for working-age adults, the number of children living in relative poverty and...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its health and disability green paper to explore how the...
Government should: Take further action to end child poverty. Assess the impacts of welfare reform on children from disadvantaged families....
Government should: Take further action to end child poverty, and align laws with the CRC. Increase efforts to eliminate child...
Government should: Develop strategies to end the poverty of about four million children, as highlighted in shadow reports to the...
Government should: Do more so that disadvantaged people can access public, social and health services. Strengthen measures to foster access...
Government should: Devise policies to help disadvantaged families, in particular children, to boost social mobility. Provide more targeted social policies...
Government should: Consider UN advice on unaccompanied and separated children and: (a) Collect and publish data on the number of...
Government should: (a) End child poverty and ensure accountability (including through concrete targets). Monitor and report results. (b) Put children...
Government should: (a) Collect data on child nutrition (including on breastfeeding and weight problems) to identify the causes of food...
Government should ensure poverty is never the sole reason for removing a child from parental care, consider UN advice on...
Government should: Look at how changes to public spending, tax and welfare are affecting women’s rights. They should take urgent...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations, and in line with the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...
Government should: Develop a national strategy on the right to adequate food. Promote healthy diets, including supporting breastfeeding. Introduce higher...
Government should: Provide local authorities with sufficient funds to reduce homelessness, particularly in England and Northern Ireland. Ensure there are...
Government should: In line with UN advice on poverty and the ICESCR, guarantee support to all those living in (or...
Government should: Ensure childcare services are accessible and affordable, particularly in Northern Ireland. Review the system of shared parental leave....
Government should: Consider UN advice on the right to social security. The Committee draws the attention of the State party...
Government should: (a) Review conditions attached to social security benefits. Reverse the cuts introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012...
Government should: Extend the national living wage to under 25s. Set it at a level which provides workers and their...
Government should: Increase support for asylum seekers (including daily allowances) to guarantee their economic, social and cultural rights, in particular...
Government should: Use all available resources to make economic, social and cultural rights a reality for everyone. In line with...
Government should: (a) Assess how recent tax policy changes have affected human rights, including the rights of disadvantaged groups. Ensure...
Government should: Ensure economic, social and cultural rights are a reality for people living in the UK and in all...
Government should: Invest all available resources to make children’s rights a reality for every child across the UK, focusing especially...
Wales has the highest levels of poverty in the UK, with no significant improvements in people’s outcomes over recent years....
