How the welfare state is failing the vulnerable | Letters

A group of rabbis call for action on child poverty – while other readers describe the misery of the benefits system and the homelessness crisisThe report from the National Education Union about the dire state of child poverty in the UK and the devastating impact this is having on school children should shame us all (More children are hungry and cold, teachers’ poll suggests, 17 December). Unfortunately, the report comes as no surprise given the number of previous studies with similar