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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.
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.