'Lost Generation': welfare reform and child poverty

A generation of children who grow up in poverty, and have worse health as a result, risk being airbrushed from official records, according to an inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Health in All Policies into the impact of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill. FPH provides the secretariat for the APPG, which is chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People. The APPG's inquiry into the impact of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-2016 on child poverty, child health and inequalities was launched in December 2015.

• The report of the APPG inquiry is available here
• Listen to Alison Garnham, the Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, talking about what child poverty looks like in 21st century Britain and the likely impact of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-2016 on children's health, wellbeing and chances of a good start in life.