Labour hails Tory u-turn on child poverty trickery
Labour have claimed victory after forcing Iain Duncan Smith into a climbdown on the way child poverty is monitored.…
Child Poverty
Why do the Tories claim income is not an indicator of child poverty?
Seventy years ago, the National Insurance Act was placed on the statute book. It is the foundation-stone of…
Having the ambition to put ending child poverty at the heart of leadership is why I’m backing Yvette
Leading the Labour Party is a big job, and it’s a serious job – that’s why we need…
Yvette Cooper launches child poverty petition
Yvette Cooper is launching a child poverty petition, which calls on the government to rethink plans to cut tax…
I’ll bring back pledge to end child poverty, says Cooper
Yvette Cooper has pledged to reinstate the last Labour Government’s pledge to end child poverty within a generation.…
Be under no illusion – poverty has risen under this government
In a debate on poverty in the UK last week, my colleague Lisa Nandy told the story of…
Child poverty is not inevitable – Labour can reduce it
Since the coalition government came to power almost five years ago, child poverty has increased to 3.5 m.…
We need a new settlement for communities across the country
For communities up and down the country the last few years have been extremely tough. The current Tory…
Milburn says Labour’s minimum wage target not ambitious enough
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister who now chairs the commission on social mobility and child poverty, has…
Getting the OBR to track child poverty would mean governments could no longer ignore it
David Cameron pledged to lead the most family friendly government ever. But this has turned out to be…
