A study of 43 child poverty partnership members across nine areas has highlighted concern about the lack of government direction surrounding local authority child poverty duties.
The Local Authority Progress in Tackling Child Poverty report, commissioned by the LG Group and carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research, found that as well as guidance on tackling poverty in austere financial conditions, councils wanted more direction on how to identify and bring together different sources of funding.
The report added that partnership members wanted advice on ensuring initiatives provide value for money and help with presenting business cases.
Most of the respondents to the study said they had decided to focus on specific families rather than area-wide child poverty initiatives.
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