Bishops have called on the Government to urgently review its benefits freeze after a “deeply disturbing” report found poor working parents did not have the cash needed to look after children.
Low paid families are taking a “double hit” because earnings are failing to keep up with inflation and many welfare payments have been frozen, the Bishop of Gloucester said.
The struggles faced by parents on the national living wage have been laid out in a report by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
Families working full time are 13% or £59 a week short of the amount needed to provide their children with a minimum standard of living, according to the report.
The Cost Of A Child 2017 found the shortfall for lone and out-of-work of parents was even starker.