A group of 25 rabbis have written to Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd to ask the government to do more to tackle child poverty.
It follows a recent report from the parliamentary environmental committee stating that levels of food insecurity in the UK were “among the worst in Europe”.
The rabbis called on Ms Rudd in particular to reverse changes to children’s benefits, which they said could result in 300,000 to 400,000 fewer children living in poverty.
The predominantly Reform and Liberal group, which included one Orthodox and one Masorti rabbi, wrote: “We have known for too long that children are now going to school hungry and without adequate clothing.”
