Redistribute wealth and provide greater flexibility in the benefit system to end child poverty.

14th February 2008

Councillor Bernard Little today spoke out on child poverty. He said

"Figures showing that one in three children living in inner city
Sheffield live in households are dependent on state benefits is not the
full story. The most disadvantaged are often wrongly blamed for the
problems that they face. People on benefits are often trapped by low
wages, irregular working hours, delays in benefit payments or chronic
health problems and are worse off when then get work. If we are really
serious about ending child poverty we need to redistribute wealth and
provide greater flexibility in the benefit system so that people in the
poverty trap can play a valuable role in their community."