#PushFwd is about encouraging conversation around social change ✊🏻 **The tape across the mouth represents the lack of conversation about the issue at top level** 🤔 I personally feel that #poverty is one of the underlying factors in a lot of today's social issues. Recent studies have shown poverty to be directly linked things such as depression, crime, and even educational development in children - The Department for Education (DfE) figures showing that pupils eligible for free school meals were half as likely to achieve five or more good GCSEs, than other children.🎓 In the area I live alone (Erdington, Birmingham), over 25% of children are living below the poverty line! "All the main political parties are committed to eradicating child poverty in the UK by 2020. This shared commitment was enshrined in the 2010 Child Poverty Act. However, according to the latest statistics 3.7 million children live in poverty, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that, rather than reach the target, this number is likely to grow by 700,000 by the end of the decade." (Taken from the @endchildpoverty website)
What do you think our government should be doing to help end this problem? 🤔 Drop your comments below 👇🏻 Let's speak up. Let's #PushFwd
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