CHILD POVERTY - 2010 target effectively shelved
By Ross Watson
Child tax credit increase, per week - 38p
Amount required to reach 2010 child poverty target, per week - £12.45.
Unless some emergency measures are taken before next year, the government will fail to meet its target to halve child poverty by 2010.
The only explicit measure taken by Chancellor Alistair Darling in the battle against child poverty was an increase of £20 per year in the child tax credit.
Campaigners described the increase as "pathetic" and "shameful". The fact it is not stated as a percentage means it will have even less of an effect on relative poverty, as the money will go to every family with an income of up to £50,000 a year.
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