Tag Archives: child poverty

Blackpool council leads the charge on free school breakfasts

Today Blackpool has become the first council in England to provide free breakfasts for all its primary school children, whilst in London, 50 schools will be involved in a scheme in which free breakfasts are granted to pupils. In October, Left Foot Forward looked at the evidence of how an increasing number of children are [...]

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Osborne’s silence on child poverty speaks volumes

There is a telling silence in the chancellor’s autumn statement documents today – and that is the lack of any reference to child poverty, writes Alison Garnham.

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Coalition Britain 2012: Children lose out as day trips break the bank for many families

Research by the Sutton Trust shows low income children are likely to do much less well in school if they are unable to access leisure activities.

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JRF: You can’t rely on a single policy to combat poverty

The net weekly budget for a family of four, with children aged 3 and 7, has risen from £370 to £455 since 2008.

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Hungry pupils? Well, the government did scrap plans for 500,000 free school meals

Today’s shocking stats from the Guardian are bad news for the government, who scrapped plans for free school meals for 500,000 children.

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As the coalition attacks relative child poverty, here’s a list of mythbusting facts

As the DWP publishes its annual Households Below Average Income figures, coalition policies are cancelling out a decade’s progress in tackling child poverty.

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IDS blames deficit on child poverty target

This morning on the Today Programme, work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith blamed the deficit on “chasing” child poverty targets.

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Government has “no hope” of reaching its target on reducing child poverty

It has been clear for months that the government has no hope of meeting its legal target on reducing child poverty.

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Tackling child poverty: the story so far

The last Labour government lifted nearly one million children out of poverty through an austute mix of income support and vital services, says a new report.

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Child poverty: Absolute and relative

A new campaign is raising awareness of the social impact of inequality – and you can help.

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