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Child Poverty Action Group

April 8, 2020

Sixty organisations press Chancellor for emergency child benefit rise

Child benefit is an effective, fast and resilient way to get money into families' bank accounts to cover additional costs, say the organisations.
March 28, 2020

Pandemic response falls short for families as child poverty rises, says CPAG

Child Poverty Action Group is calling for an extra £10 per week per child to be added to child benefit as the most effective way of getting support to families quickly.
March 17, 2020

Government urged to increase child benefit if schools close

Child Poverty Action Group is urging the Government to protect children in low-income families facing extra financial pressure and the loss of free school meals.
March 12, 2020

Anti-poverty and carers charities comment on the Budget

A plan for prosperity must include fixes to the fundamental design flaws and funding shortfalls that have left Universal Credit unfit for purpose, says Child Poverty Action Group.
February 13, 2020

DWP data shows families being dragged deeper into poverty

The number of children in poverty is rising, and poor families are deeper in poverty than they were just seven years ago, says Child Poverty Action Group
February 7, 2020

Landmark legal ruling on bereavement benefits and cohabitees

The ruling recognises that grieving children and their surviving parents are deserving of support, whether their parents were married or not.
January 28, 2020

New project aims to cut cost of school day for low income families

Increasing costs for school activities and materials are causing some children to miss out on aspects of school life.
October 6, 2019

On tax cuts and infant mortality

Yvonne Hope from the Christian charity Barnabas
September 5, 2019

Working lone parents 'face drastic and growing income shortfalls'

Lone parents working full time for the so-called national living wage are £80 a week short of what they need for a basic standard of living.
July 31, 2019

More families affected by the two-child limit

Child Poverty Action Group says the two-child limit undermines family life and leaves children without support in their vital early years, when the foundations are being laid for their future development.