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Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

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.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to reform the child maintenance system will leave many lone parents worse off, causing children's welfare to suffer, research suggests.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents in the UK struggle to find time to be with their children and to challenge the commercial pressures around them, the latest Unicef report has found.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds

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Monday, August 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Inflation and the current benefits freeze are widening the gap between what families with children have and what they need to cover the basic costs of living, a Child Poverty Action Group study has claimed.

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has launched an investigation into the harm family immigration rule changes are causing to children.

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.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

Young people unite to air their views on riots

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people turned out in their scores in central London as part of an event aimed at giving them the opportunity to air their views on the recent unrest and its causes.

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Pensioners should continue to pay National Insurance in order to fund employment schemes for young people, a campaign organisation has proposed.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| CYP Now

MPs have been urged to oppose controversial changes to child support by a group of organisations including Gingerbread and the Children's Society.

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Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

UK parents struggle to find time to be with their children

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

Parents struggling to afford basics for children, study finds

Children's commissioner to investigate impact of family immigration rules

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

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

Young people unite to air their views on riots

Pensioners 'could help young people by paying National Insurance'

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'

MPs urged to oppose child support proposals

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