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'Cost of a child' revealed as crisis in family finances looms

11 August 2015
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CPAG in Scotland responds to the emergency budget

08 July 2015
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Response to the summer budget from End Child Poverty

08 July 2015
In response to Today’s Budget , David Holmes CBE, Chair of the End Child Poverty coalition, said: “The good news on the minimum wage will help many but the bad news on tax credits and children’s benefits will mean families with children will be hit hard. It is difficult to see how this will not impact on levels of child poverty...
Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Press release Tax credits Two child limit UK Work and pay
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Budget U-turn on tax credits and working families

08 July 2015
Responding to today’s budget Child Poverty Action Group Alison Garnham said: “The welcome move on a higher minimum wage cannot disguise the truth that this is a budget that damages the economic security of working families, and takes us further down the road to being a two-nation economy, with higher child poverty for millions and lower taxes for the better off...
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Universal Credit could lift over 500,000 children out of poverty

04 July 2015
New research published today (Saturday) by the TUC and Child Poverty Action Group finds that much bigger reductions to child poverty could be achieved by channelling support through Universal Credit instead of raising the income tax threshold.
Child poverty statistics Ending child poverty Press release Tax credits UK Universal credit Work and pay
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"No room for complacency" say child poverty campaigners as over 1 in 5 children in Scotland still living in poverty

29 June 2015
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Child poverty statistics: End Child Poverty coalition statement

25 June 2015
Responding to the publication of the child poverty statistics, Chair of the End Child Poverty coalition David Holmes, said: “The announcement that 2.3 million children are still living in relative poverty, and that half a million more are living in absolute poverty since 2010, underlines just how much further there is to go if we are to eliminate child poverty in the UK...
Child poverty statistics Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Press release Tax credits UK
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Grim news on child poverty

25 June 2015
Responding to today’s official poverty statistics (Households Below Average Income) Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group Alison Garnham said: "These figures make grim reading for anyone looking for progress on child poverty.  Because, make no mistake, we are facing a child poverty crisis in the years ahead and the Government is not going to meet the child poverty targets it signed up to...
Benefit levels Child poverty statistics Childcare Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Free school meals Housing Life chances Press release Tax credits UK Work and pay
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CPAG statement on PM's opportunity speech

22 June 2015
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech on opportunity, Alison Garnham Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, said: “Almost a decade ago, the Prime Minister spoke of poverty being a moral disgrace and an economic waste. That was right then and is right now...
Child poverty statistics Childcare Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Free school meals Housing Life chances Press release Tax credits UK
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Childcare costs push 130,000 children into poverty

19 June 2015
Risk of poverty increases by a third when working parents pay for childcare. Pledged support under universal credit won't kick in for at least four years. Leading charities urge government to bring forward support under tax credits.
Child poverty statistics Childcare Costs and spending Ending child poverty Press release Tax credits UK Universal credit Work and pay