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  • • Nearly half of children in care have a mental health disorder
  • • 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty
  • • Nearly half of children in care have a mental health disorder
  • • 1.4 million children & young people have a probable mental health disorder
  • • 1 in 5 babies aren’t receiving their entitled health visiting check at one year old

A spokesperson for the Children’s Charities Coalition – Action for Children, Barnardo’s, the National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC, and The Children’s Society – said:

“This promising Bill has the potential to transform how we help our most vulnerable children and families.

“It’s encouraging to hear how it plans to tackle many of the issues the Children’s Charities Coalition has campaigned hard for like the unique identifier number for children and for reversing years of underfunding in early help services.

“Yet the money announced today falls far short of what’s needed.

“Children and families desperately need – and deserve – sustained investment in early help services, mental health support and children’s social care. This needs to be underpinned by an ambitious strategy to tackle child poverty.”