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Briefing

Benefit cap Freedom of Information request

31 July 2013
According to the government, the benefit cap will ensure that families claiming out of work benefits receive no more in support that the average working household
Benefit cap Briefing Costs and spending UK
Briefing

Local Authorities and Child Poverty: balancing threats and opportunities

17 July 2013
This report outlines the impact of welfare reforms on local authorities – including the costs to local areas of child poverty - and explores how they and their partner organisations manage the impact of these reforms.
Briefing Child poverty statistics Child poverty strategies Costs and spending Ending child poverty Localisation UK Welfare reform
Report

An estimate of the cost of child poverty in 2013

12 June 2013
The high levels of child poverty in the UK are currently costing the country at least £29 billion a year – or £1,098 per household – according to new research by Donald Hirsch of Loughborough University.
Child poverty statistics Costs and spending Ending child poverty Report UK
Report

Will Universal Credit Work?

28 May 2013
This report, published by the TUC and CPAG, finds that universal credit risks failing even on its own terms unless adjustments to its design are made and broader policies to tackle the causes of poverty are put in place.
Report UK Universal credit Welfare reform
Briefing

Localisation of the Social Fund: Countdown to change

14 March 2013
From April 2013, the discretionary elements of the Social Fund, Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans, will cease to operate at a national level. Funding to provide a replacement scheme will be devolved to local authority level.
Briefing Localisation UK London
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The politics of the child poverty measurement consultation

08 February 2013
Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of CPAG, has written this week in Children and Young People Now about the politics of the government's child poverty measurement consultation.
Briefing Child poverty legislation Child poverty statistics Ending child poverty UK
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CPAG's response to the child poverty measurement consultation

07 February 2013
CPAG has today issued its response to the government consultation on child poverty measurement.
Briefing Child poverty legislation Child poverty statistics Ending child poverty UK
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Judicial Review: proposals for reform - CPAG's response to the Ministry of Justice consultation

24 January 2013
In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice conducted a consultation exercise on its proposals for reform of judicial review.
Briefing UK
Report

The Double Lockout: How low income families will be locked out of fair living standards

16 January 2013
This report, published on the eve of the second reading of the Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill 2012-13, reveals that the government’s welfare benefit uprating legislation is based on bogus claims and is a poverty-producing bill that will further exclude the poorest workers, jobseekers, carers and disabled people from the mainstream of society.
Benefit levels Child poverty statistics Childcare Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty Housing Jobseeker's allowance Life chances Report UK Welfare reform Work and pay
Briefing

CPAG Briefing for Autumn Statement 2012

10 January 2013
A full media briefing for the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2012, the needs of low income families that the Chancellor must address, and other related background information and resource.
Briefing Child poverty statistics Childcare Children’s benefits Costs and spending Ending child poverty UK Welfare reform