来自MSN5 天
Over 900,000 children ‘missing out’ on free school meals
It has been 12 years since figures revealing the number of eligible children not receiving free school meals was collected ...
Left Foot Forward5 天
Keir Starmer restores whip to four MPs who opposed the two-child benefit cap
Zarah Sultana, Apsana Begum and former shadow chancellor John McDonnell remain suspended pending review. Starmer suspended ...
来自MSN8 天
Danny Chambers MP calls on government to publish measurable child poverty targets
WINCHESTER’S MP has questioned what the government is doing to tackle child poverty in the UK. Danny Chambers MP raised his ...
Creative Review1 年
A new ad shows the school lunch experience for kids in poverty
Child Poverty Action Group’s campaign by Creature portrays a full lunchbox as a distant dream for children living in poverty Child Poverty Action Group, a charity fighting to end child poverty in the ...
University of Bristol7 年
Gold standard for measuring child poverty
As a co-founder of the Child Poverty Action Group in 1965, Townsend is remembered as a leading light within social science and a hugely influential figure in poverty research. His research legacy has ...
Left Foot Forward10 天
Scotland’s promise to abolish two-child benefit cap expected to reduce child poverty by 2029
Official figures from Child Poverty Action Group from July 2024, showed that 1 in 9 children (1.6 million) are affected by the two-child limit. The JRF report warns that unless the UK government makes ...
BBC11 天
Taskforce launched to tackle child poverty
"Crucially, the child poverty action plan we are creating is being developed in partnership with local communities across the region, who know their strengths and challenges and what is needed to ...
lse4 年
Peter Townsend
[Peter] co-founded the Child Poverty Action Group and the Disability Alliance. Peter Townsend was an academic sociologist, researcher and prominent social policy campaigner. He wrote extensively on ...
Evening Chronicle21 天
North East child poverty action plan taking shape after landmark summit
to lead the development of a child poverty action plan for the region. Hear more about what the North East is doing to tackle poverty in The Northern Agenda's Our Kids In The North podcast series ...
The Big Issue13 天
Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
“Growing up in poverty can also lead to poor health, increasing pressure on the NHS. Child poverty will only be driven down through focused, deliberate and determined policy action. Even very strong ...