Higher taxes and more generous benefits are the only way the Governmentcan end child poverty by 2020, says a Joseph Rowntree Foundation reportpublished last week.
The report, What Will it Take to End Child Poverty?, examines theprogress so far on reducing child poverty and concludes that only bigincreases in benefits can ensure Labour meets its 2020 target.
Increased employment accounted for a significant part of theGovernment's early success in reducing child poverty. But the reportsays back-to-work schemes will make little difference from now on sincemany children still in poverty have lone, disabled or ill parents whowill have difficulty getting and keeping jobs.
Instead the Government needs to increase benefits to meet itstarget.
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