Government urged to do more to end child poverty
On the tenth anniversary of Labour’s pledge to end child poverty, the Child Action Poverty Group (CPAG) has urged the government not to abandon the target in the face of…
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Government accused of abandoning the poor
The promise to eradicate child poverty by 2020 looks set to be abandoned, according to the Child Poverty Action Group. Although Chancellor Alistair Darling repeated the government’s commitment yesterday, campaigners…
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Demand for more aid for poorer families
Leaders of religious faiths, humanists and academics have written to Chancellor Alistair Darling demanding more action to improve the lives of children in poverty. There is a ‘moral imperative’ to…
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Poverty spreads to outer reaches of London
More people live in poverty in outer London than in inner London, new research has found. The study found that 54 per cent of Londoners with low incomes live in…
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No progress on Scottish child poverty
Progress in tacking child poverty in Scotland has stalled, with more than one in five children living in poverty. A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report found there had been no improvement…
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Government ‘still failing’ low paid families
Attempts by the government to tackle low-paid jobs and poverty have failed, the Institute for Public Policy Research said yesterday. The IPPR said that persistent high levels of low pay…
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Young people in fear of recession
The Children’s Society has found that children and young people feel personally affected by the financial and emotional consequences of the recession. One in five children aged 11–13 said they…
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Gap between rich and poor unchanged
The gap between rich and poor has failed to narrow despite the redistributive effect of taxes and benefits introduced by the Labour government, according to figures released by the Office…
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Ending child poverty ‘will cost billions’
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates that an extra £2.4 billion a year will need to be spent on tax credits if the government is to meet its target of halving…
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UK children struggle at bottom
A table of the wellbeing of young people throughout European states has ranked Britain 24th out of 29 countries. The researchers assessed the countries on 43 separate measures, ranging from…