Lords a tweeting and amending: Labour in the Lords is on the map
Jos Bell looks at Labour’s crusading peers in the House of Lords, fighting harder for a fairer future and holding the coalition to account.
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100,000 families will lose out in coalition’s childcare shake-up
The planned shake up of child benefit system will affect families and their incomes, new research by The Children’s society shows. Is it time for a re-think?
Have we passed the high watermark of state support for children?
Donald Hirsch, director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP), writes about the CPAG/JRF report, “The Cost of a Child in the 21st Century”.
Resolution Foundation: Tax and benefit system still not doing enough to make work pay
A new Resolution Foundation report today highlights how the present system of redistribution through taxation and welfare is inefficient and could be reformed.
JRF: You can’t rely on a single policy to combat poverty
The net weekly budget for a family of four, with children aged 3 and 7, has risen from £370 to £455 since 2008.
Two children in every classroom go hungry
New research has today revealed that two children in every classroom are going hungry due to failures at home.
Government has “no hope” of reaching its target on reducing child poverty
It has been clear for months that the government has no hope of meeting its legal target on reducing child poverty.
Council tax benefit reforms will hit working-age adults in poverty
Council tax benefit reforms will cut the original amounts available by 10%, leaving working-age adults worse off.
MSPs outline “grave concerns” about UK welfare reforms
MSPs today expressed “grave concerns” over the likely impact on Scotland’s most vulnerable people as a result of Westminster’s £2.5 billion cut in benefits.
Gulf between asylum and benefit support leaves thousands of children in severe poverty
The gap between asylum support and mainstream benefit rates is leaving thousands of children in severe poverty, new analysis from The Children’s Society shows.