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It is shocking, really, helen. words lose me. but many thanks for that insight and that reaction, helen. hopefully somebody in the government is listening tonight. helen leadbitter there. let s just bring you a new development coming to us from israel. we are now hearing that the palestinian group islamic ijihad has agreed to a truce with israel. israel reportedly agreed to that truce some time ago islamic jihad. this follows two days of violence which has been the worst we have seen between israel and gaza for a year now. militants fired rockets towards jerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike and what you have really is a tit for tat situation between gaza and israel there islamichhad were firing hundreds of rockets into israel, many of them destroyed by israel before they hit the ground, and then ....
Making decisions between eating or heating their house, for example. because we are talking about a lack of money available to councils right now because of cutbacks, but it shouldn tjust be down to councils to support the families you are talking about. surely they benefit system perhaps needs looking at, and child benefit in particular? yes. child benefit in particular? yes, indeed. what child benefit in particular? yes, indeed. what we child benefit in particular? yes, indeed. what we feel child benefit in particular? 1a: indeed. what we feel needs to be done is there needs to be strong support through the national welfare system. extending the free school meals, as i said, to all families in receipt of universal credit, and coming up with this plan in how to tackle this. and it shouldn t be around emergency support and we do need to be thinking about how we can enable families to be able to feed their children and to not be living on the edge of poverty or in poverty all the ....
The moment. helen, ust briefly, can you give some the moment. helen, just briefly, can you give some insight the moment. helen, just briefly, can you give some insight into the moment. helen, just briefly, can you give some insight into what - you give some insight into what families are going through and how important these meal vouchers are to them? the kind of families you and your colleagues meet and work with and help? 50 your colleagues meet and work with and hel ? ., your colleagues meet and work with and hel? ., , , your colleagues meet and work with and hel? . . and help? so we are deeply concerned that many parents and help? so we are deeply concerned that many parents are and help? so we are deeply concerned that many parents are struggling - and help? so we are deeply concerned that many parents are struggling and i that many parents are struggling and are in desperate need of support for their children to feed them and to close them. they are living in environ ....
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Children are living in poverty and thatis children are living in poverty and that is around 3.6 million children and young people living in poverty today and the impacts upon their well being, thisjust today and the impacts upon their well being, this just is a national scandal, really, so what we need is a clear plan as to how we are going to tackle this and by doing so, what we can give the children foundation is to thrive and what they need for their future aspirations. and this isn t in the form of an emergency short term plan, but we need a review of our welfare system in order to ensure that families who need that support are not left in a position where they are making decisions between eating or heating the house, for example. decisions between eating or heating the house, for example. helen, ust briefl can the house, for example. helen, ust briefly can you fl the house, for example. helen, ust briefly can you give i the house, for example. helen, ust briefly can you giv ....