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There must be a renewed focus on genuine equality and adequate support to meet families’ needs and to prevent growing child poverty.\n\nNo child should be growing up under the poverty line.\n\nThe government should avoid divisive rhetoric and policies that further marginalise communities. \n\nThe government should consult and engage with the parents, carers and children who are directly impacted by the proposed reforms.\n\nGiven the depth of poverty already experienced by countless migrant families and those navigating the asylum system, and the further damage that these reforms would likely lead to, the proposals must be reconsidered.\n\nOur data counters the wider narratives around division, with participants sharing sentiments of solidarity and empathy rather than division and fragmentation. This further underscores the importance of participatory research, and bringing diverse communities of lived experience together. 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