Anti-Poverty Groups Call on Gov to "Stop Dragging Feet" on Income Support
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 4:16 pm The Child Poverty Action Group, ActionStation, and an advocate with personal experience today jointly called for the Government to end dithering on increasing income support. The coalition today presented a 8000-strong petition urging the Government to put children and whānau wellbeing at the heart of the welfare system to the Social Services and Community select committee, which heard the submission almost 18 months after it was first published. “The world has changed dramatically since 2019. But it has changed in ways that show even more acutely how im...
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