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Cost of a child 2016

21 September 2016
How much does it cost to raise a child in 2016? This annual research from CPAG and Professor Donald Hirsch, Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, finds that parents working on the new higher minimum wage still cannot earn enough to provide an acceptable minimum standard of living for their children.
Childcare Children’s benefits Cost of a child Costs and spending Housing In-work benefits Life chances Report Tax credits UK
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Unfinished business: where next for extended schools?

19 September 2016
CPAG and the Family and Childcare Trust map the current provision of extended schools in the UK and compare it with parental demand for services.
Childcare Costs and spending Education Extended schools Life chances Report UK Work and pay
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Children in London - the extra costs

07 September 2015
London childcare costs leave many parents on the minimum wage little or no better off for working more, a new report warns. The report by Loughborough University’s Donald Hirsch, finds most of the costs children bring are similar in and outside London, but the capital’s housing and childcare costs associated with kids are dramatically different from the rest of the UK.
Child poverty in London Childcare Costs and spending Housing Life chances Report London
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The cost of a child in 2014

18 August 2014
Today we publish our third annual report ‘The Cost of a Child in 2014’, written by Donald Hirsch from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University and funded by JRF.
Childcare Children’s benefits Cost of a child Costs and spending Housing In-work benefits Life chances Report UK Work and pay
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Families on the brink

09 June 2014
This report looks at the impact of welfare reform in London where child poverty rates and housing costs are already higher than other parts of the country and finds fears that the capital could become unaffordable for low income families.
Benefit cap Benefit levels Child poverty in London Childcare Costs and spending Discretionary housing payments Housing Housing benefit Life chances Localisation Report Welfare reform London
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The Cost of a Child in 2013

14 August 2013
This report shows parents struggled more than ever to provide a decent standard of living for their families in 2013. This is the second in a series of annual reports on the cost of bringing up a child in the UK. 
Bedroom tax Benefit cap Childcare Children’s benefits Cost of a child Costs and spending Housing Life chances Report Tax credits UK Universal credit Work and pay
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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
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We can work it out: parental employment in London

20 November 2012
Child poverty in London is mostly explained by the low rates of parents in paid employment.
Child poverty in London Childcare Costs and spending Housing Life chances Report Work and pay London
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Cost of a Child 2012

03 September 2012
At a time when many families are finding it hard to make ends meet, how much does it cost to bring up a child to meet their needs to a decent minimum standard?
Childcare Children’s benefits Cost of a child Costs and spending Housing Life chances Report UK Work and pay