Carey Oppenheim, chair of the London Child Poverty Commission, toldChildren Now the commission plans to develop a model that councils canuse to include measures to cut child poverty in their local areaagreements. The commission is looking to develop the model thisautumn.
The news came as Oppenheim began a series of meetings with London-basedprojects that help reduce child poverty. In the first of the meetings,Oppenheim met with three Association of London Government-fundedinitiatives including disabled children's project Barking and DagenhamPortage and employment project Skillsmatch in Tower Hamlets (see InsideStory, p6).
The Mayor of London and the Association of London Government launchedthe commission in February this year.
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