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The Resolution Foundation is calling on the Government to change its child poverty strategy. In a new report, the Foundation has warned that the roll-out of £3 billion of previously announced benefit cuts will contribute to an increase in child poverty rates from a projected 31 per cent at the start of the Parliament (2024-25),…
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The Resolution Foundation is calling on the Government to offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its promise of cutting child poverty. The Resolution Foundation says that he last Labour government reduced relative child poverty significantly – down by the equivalent of 600,000 children between 1998-99…
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Local leaders have outlined the stark challenges that must be overcome to tackle child poverty in their communities. Liz Kendall, the Work & Pensions Secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, heard powerful testimony from representatives from some of the worst affected areas in the country, including the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, to ensure…
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The crisis of poverty in the UK has been exposed by two new reports, revealing the devastating impact of low wages and price increases on 900,000 children. The research by Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that over the past 14 years, an additional 1,350 children per week in households with at least one working…
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