Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday announced short-term measures to support families in poverty including bringing forward increases in child benefit planned for April next year to January. He is also bringing forward a £25 increase in the child element of the child tax credit. Kate Green, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, said: "The extra money comes from paying existing commitments sooner than expected, so the pre-budget report takes us no closer to the 2010...