Coalition must reverse cuts in light of ‘shocking’ child poverty figures  

New figures released by the Campaign to End Child Poverty today show the shocking extent of child poverty in Sussex. Pointing to the negative impact of the Coalition's extensive public spending cuts, Caroline said: "That as many as 50,000 children in our region - 16% of all children in my constituency of Pavilion alone - are suffering the dire consequences of poverty and deprivation is absolutely unacceptable. "Damningly, this crisis is exacerbated by the Coalition Government's savage and unnecessary cuts to public services, and its deeply unfair attack on the welfare provisions that give so many people a helping hand in difficult times. "Brighton Housing Trust's Andy Winter highlights the changes to housing benefit entitlement in his latest blog, for example, which will mean 5,800 homes becoming unaffordable for those in the city on...