Number of people living in absolute poverty rises to almost 11 million
New official figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that the number of people living in…
Child Poverty
Cameron is too busy trying to redefine child poverty to tackle it
Under David Cameron’s child poverty is rising not falling. And the government’s failure to tackle child poverty leads…
Cameron has presided over an astonishing and avoidable rise in poverty
Working parents are simply not earning enough to escape poverty. That was the recent, damning verdict of the…
Labour must not forget the economic costs of child poverty
By Alison Garnham As the Chancellor prepares the ground for this month’s spending review and Labour starts to provide…
This should be our national shame
A week today the Chancellor will stand in the rarified surroundings of the Commons to give his budget…
The Child Poverty Crisis made in Downing Street
47% of children in my constituency of Manchester Central live in poverty. That’s 47% too many. With the…
We need to keep up the pressure over child poverty
In 1999 Tony Blair made a big and bold commitment to eliminating child poverty within a generation. This…
IDS isn’t just out of touch, he’s in la la land
The retreat from Compassionate Conservatism is well and truly under way. David Cameron was just a year into…
1.8 million reasons for celebrating Labour’s child poverty ambition
New research by a number of distinguished experts published today by the Child Poverty Action Group explores how…
Tories planned to “stop monitoring child poverty”
According to The Times: “Two Cabinet ministers and David Cameron’s most trusted adviser drew up a plan to…
