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News from CPAG

COVID REALITIES
We're part of a new project with the Universities of York and Birmingham, funded
by the Nuffield Foundation, which aims to understand what life is like in the
pandemic for low-income families. Are you (or do you work with) parents and
carers on a low income? We want to document the impact of COVID-19, and help
policymakers make better decisions.

Find out more and get involved [[link removed]]MORE GOOD LEGAL NEWS
In the last newsletter we told you about a case we won at the Court of Appeal that involved four single working mothers who lost out because
of the way their paydays interacted with universal credit.

We've now won another case about universal credit assessment periods. A woman called Sharon Pantellerisco had a job working 16 hours a week for the
'national living wage'. This would normally mean Sharon wasn’t subject to the
benefit cap, but to the universal credit computer system it looked like she
wasn’t earning enough to escape the cap – just because she is paid four-weekly
and universal credit is worked out monthly. Sharon was penalised even though somebody doing exactly the same work, for the
same number of hours at the same rate of pay, would be exempt from the benefit
cap if their employer paid them monthly.

The Court agreed with us that this situation was irrational and unlawful.

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DON'T ZAP THE ZIP!
Children in London have been able to travel around the capital for free, or at a
discounted rate, since 2005. Now the government is insisting on suspending free
bus travel for under 18s. This will be a disaster for families with children who
are already struggling. It could mean that children and young people are more restricted to their local
area, and less able to travel to school, college, work and healthcare
appointments.

We’re campaigning to keep transport in London free for under 18s. If you live in
London or just outside please write to your MP
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FROM THE SOCIAL WORK FRONT LINE
We've published new research with Association of Directors of Children's
Services and the Child Welfare Inequalities Project on social workers'
experiences of poverty in families they work with. One social worker shared
this:

“In my 30 years of social work I have never seen families in such dire financial
hardship as widespread as it is today. There is a sense that they are held
responsible for the poverty they live in and being judged for this.”

Read the report
[[link removed]]CORONAVIRUS - MIND THE GAPS
We continue to publish regular briefings from our Early Warning System on the
problems advisers are seeing in the social security system at this time. Recent
briefings have covered problems for migrants
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See all the briefings
[[link removed]]STAR FUNDRAISERS
A huge thank you to Jasmine Field for taking on 10 half marathons in 10 days for
CPAG and raising over £600! Jasmine was moved by a recent article on the spike
in demand for foodbanks during the pandemic and was determined to raise both
awareness of child poverty and vital funds to support our work. She completed
her 131-mile challenge on 19 July.

Thank you also to Stephen Burke, a longstanding supporter of ours who celebrated
his 60th birthday in June and asked for donations in lieu of presents. He raised
£340 for CPAG!

2021 LONDON MARATHON PLACE UP FOR GRABS
We are pleased to share that we have a place in the 2021 London Marathon. If you
fancy taking on the challenge for CPAG, please email Alice on [email protected] [[email protected]?subject=London%20marathon] for details.

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