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The Court of Appeal has declared that the regulations governing many of the Government's Back to Work schemes are unlawful.

New figures from the Campaign to End Child Poverty, believed to be the most up-to-date local data on child poverty, from mid-2012, show that there are unacceptably high levels of child poverty in every part of Scotland. At the same time, projections by both Government and the Institute for Fiscal Studies expect the number of children growing up in poverty to significantly worsen amidst UK benefit and welfare cuts.

Child Poverty Action Group's Chief Executive, Alison Garnham, has a blog in the Huffington Post today.

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CPAG has today issued its response to the government consultation on child poverty measurement

Last night CPAG held an event for friends and supporters at the House of Lords, made possible by the generous support of Baroness Ruth Lister.