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child poverty

November 9, 2015

Poverty is about income - everything else is a distraction

When the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
December 4, 2014

Chancellor says nothing about blight of UK child poverty

Responding to yesterday's Autumn Statement, a leading charity says that George Osborne is still not taking child overly seriously.
November 22, 2014

Bunk beds and capitalism

In my local area, over a quarter of the children are living in poverty. The way the economy completely fails them and compounds their problems was illustrated by a glossy catalogue delivered through letterboxes in the area.
March 19, 2014

Responses to growing child poverty in England and Scotland

Based on analysis of the UK government's own Households below average income (HBAI) survey published on 28 January 2014 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-incom...), the Children's Society estimates that 3.5 million children in Britain and Northern Ireland are living in poverty today.
March 8, 2014

Churches say government is failing with child poverty strategy

Three major British Churches have attacked the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy, saying that it fails to provide a credible plan to tackle the issue.
September 4, 2013

Victory on childcare support for low-income working families

After pressure from anti-poverty activists, the government has announced it is introducing childcare support for low-income working families.
June 24, 2013

180,000 children with a parent working in public sector 'in poverty by 2015'

New analysis shows that an extra 180,000 children with at least one parent working in the public sector will end up in poverty due to government policies by 2015.
March 20, 2013

Budget gives 'little hope to struggling families hit by sweeping cuts'

Of the £950 million provided for additional support with child care, only £200 million will go to low to middle income families on Tax Credits or Universal Credit.
March 20, 2013

Childcare vouchers will not help poorest, government warned

The UK government's childcare voucher proposals will not help those most in need in the midst of huge further cuts the chancellor is planning, say critics.
March 15, 2013

Majority of UK children 'living below the breadline by 2015', says TUC

Welfare and tax changes and low wage growth will leave the majority of UK children living in families below the breadline by 2015, says the TUC.