Child poverty and young people’s mental health are among four priority areas set out by the youth body in its manifesto Our Parliament, Our Vision.
It also wants to see the next government vow to help combat climate change and reduce the voting age from 18 to 16.
Latest government figures show that almost one in three children in the UK live in poverty with 70 per cent growing up in working families.
As part of its manifesto, the BYC is calling for the child benefit level for younger children in large families to be raised as “a simple and direct way of increasing vital support”.
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