The coalition is actively increasing child poverty
The Resolution Foundation’s Felicity Dennistoun explains the IFS’s figures for child poverty, and puts them in the context of the wider welfare reforms.
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How poor children will get poorer on Cameron’s watch
Sam Royston of The Children’s Society explains how the coalition is on course to reverse all progress on reducing child poverty since 2000.
South Africa – One year on from the World Cup
Tony Dykes, the Director of Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), looks at the state of the nation, one year on from the World Cup.
Coalition must not destroy legacy of lowest child poverty for 25 years
Tim Nichols, of the Child Poverty Action Group, looks at the policies brought in under Labour thast helped bring child poverty down to the lowest levels for 25 years.
OECD: Spending cuts threaten progress on child poverty
The OECD has warned the government about the impact of spending cuts on child poverty. They argue that “Sustained early years investment is needed to meet the UK’s child poverty targets”.
Action needed to save informal carers from poverty
Craig Berry reports on the need to provide the UK’s six million informal carers with support to prevent them falling into poverty.
All in the family? Putting intergenerational poverty into perspective
Does poverty in childhood inevitably lead to poverty in adulthood? Is it passed from parents to children, ‘cascading down the generations’? Special report by Declan Gaffney.
Will a Plaid/Tory coalition put at risk the fight against poverty?
Questions have been raised in the ongoing election campaign about the risks posed to efforts to combat poverty in the event of Conservative/Plaid coalition in Cardiff.
‘Feminism trumps egalitarianism’ only if Willetts’s soundbite trumps evidence
David Willetts’s soundbite that ‘feminism trumped egalitarianism’ is refuted by Declan Gaffney, with analysis showing how both work together for social mobility.
Has the government breached its child poverty obligations?
Ed Jacobs reports on the Tory-led government’s weakness and possible failure on the crucial issue of tackling child poverty.