The Government launched their consultation on child poverty measurement last week. The consultation proposes a new ‘multi-dimensional’ composite measure of child poverty that captures the broad nature of poverty and reflects the ‘lived experience’. The view that we need a full and broad understanding of child poverty is to be welcomed. We know from our…
The latest child poverty figures for 2010/11, due to be released on Thursday, are likely to show that almost 1million children have been lifted out of poverty since the late 1990s. Despite this significant progress, the moment will be marked by those pointing out that the target to halve child poverty by 2010 has been…
The Government wants to make work pay and ensure work is a route out of poverty for families but many low income families are trapped; they can’t afford to work but they can’t afford not to work. According to research by Save the Children and Daycare Trust, the recent cut in the amount of support…
The government is cutting the childcare support in the tax credit system. In response, Save the Children and Daycare Trust have launched a major consultation exercise aimed at understanding how the cost of childcare is affecting families. The Government has yet to set out how support with childcare costs will work under Universal Credit. However,…