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Councils collaborate to tackle child poverty in Liverpool

Monday, February 13, 2012

| CYP Now

A third of children in Liverpool are growing up in poverty according to the city's child poverty and life chances commission.

Government adviser voices fears over benefits cap

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Monday, February 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's "family champion" Emma Harrison has added her voice to criticism of plans to cap family benefits at 26,000.

Number of children living in poverty set to rocket

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Half a million more children will fall into poverty within the next three years, according to latest predictions.

Milburn calls for focus on child poverty to shift to under-fives

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should focus on lifting 800,000 children aged under five out of poverty because the target of eradicating child poverty by 2020 will be missed, social mobility adviser Alan Milburn has said.

Charities secure funding to help disadvantaged children

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Three organisations have won 400,000 each to improve the life chances of disadvantaged children up to the age of five.

Duncan Smith slams charity for 'ridiculous' housing benefit legal challenge

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has lashed out at a child poverty charity after its legal challenge on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts failed.

Child poverty figures predicted to rise by more than half a million by 2013

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Monday, October 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Child poverty is set to rise steadily over the next decade, while a further 600,000 children are expected to be living in absolute poverty by 2013.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Lib Dems propose package of support for children and families

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Delegates at the Liberal Democrats' conference have voted to support the introduction of an "education credit" that will offer children and families a package of support from the early years through to employment.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather has announced that up to four local areas will be involved in a scheme that will offer parenting classes to every parent of a child aged under five.

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to half (46 per cent) of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency (CSA) will not be able to afford proposed fees to access the new child maintenance service, a poll by charity Gingerbread has found.

Benefit cuts for training refuseniks branded ineffective

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Government plans to cut benefits for claimants who refuse to attend training courses leave families stressed and fail to help jobless parents find work, according to a report.

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The UK is less "family-friendly" than last year due to rising childcare costs, housing problems and the economic climate, a report by charity the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) has found.

Poverty policy lacks input from children

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Save the Children has called on the government to ensure it involves children and young people more in efforts to end child poverty.

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Single parents wanting to work full-time will be worse off when the universal credit is implemented, according to the latest analysis of government welfare reforms.

Child poverty figure drops by 100,000

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The number of children living in poverty has fallen by 100,000 in a year, according to latest figures.

Government's child poverty strategy unveiled

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's child poverty strategy will centre on planned reforms to the welfare system, a shift towards early intervention and the introduction of the pupil premium, it has been announced.

Success of child poverty pilots remains uncertain

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Pilot schemes aimed at reducing levels of child poverty by helping parents into work are being well received but it remains unclear whether they are leading to employment, a report has found.

Budget overlooks families living in poverty, warn campaigners

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Campaigners have lambasted Chancellor George Osborne for ignoring calls to protect the most vulnerable families who are set to feel the impact of changes to welfare provision next month.

Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

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Monday, February 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned of a crisis among low- and middle-income families as a result of government austerity measures including the rise in VAT and the reductions in benefits.

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

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Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's poverty tsar Frank Field has urged the government to take immediate action to stop the closure of hundreds of Sure Start children's centres.

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Councils collaborate to tackle child poverty in Liverpool

Government adviser voices fears over benefits cap

Number of children living in poverty set to rocket

Milburn calls for focus on child poverty to shift to under-fives

Charities secure funding to help disadvantaged children

Duncan Smith slams charity for 'ridiculous' housing benefit legal challenge

Child poverty figures predicted to rise by more than half a million by 2013

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Lib Dems propose package of support for children and families

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Government to pilot classes for parents of under-fives

Half of families will struggle to pay child maintenance fees

Benefit cuts for training refuseniks branded ineffective

Financial pressures on parents have made the UK less family-friendly

Poverty policy lacks input from children

Universal credit will deter single parents from full-time work

Child poverty figure drops by 100,000

Government's child poverty strategy unveiled

Success of child poverty pilots remains uncertain

Budget overlooks families living in poverty, warn campaigners

Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

Frank Field tells government to step in to stop Sure Start cuts

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