This report looks in detail at food insecurity among benefit claimants using YouGov surveys of the...
Child poverty
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09/09/2013
More action needed on child poverty in Europe
European governments need to step up efforts to tackle child poverty and social exclusion if the targets set for 2020 are to be achieved, according to a new analysis carried out for the Eurochild campaign consortium.
The report looks at the extent to which child poverty and social exclusion featured in EU member states' 2013 National Reform Programmes (NRPs) – annual reports to the European Commission designed to monitor progress on key social goals.
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06/09/2013
Child poverty in Scotland set to worsen
Tackling child poverty in Scotland is likely to prove still more difficult in years ahead because of the UK coalition government’s programme of benefits reform, according to the Scottish Government. It is estimated that an additional 50,000 children in Scotland will be living in poverty by 2020 as a result.
The comments were made in the second annual report on the Scottish Government's child poverty strategy.
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02/09/2013
Welsh Government ‘doing more’ on child poverty
The Welsh Government has claimed it is doing more than the UK coalition government – or any of the other devolved administrations – by way of efforts to tackle poverty. The claim was made by the Deputy Minister for Tackling Poverty, Vaughan Gething, as the Welsh Government submitted evidence to the UK Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
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30/08/2013
Continuing blight of child poverty
Significantly more children are growing up in poverty now than 40 years ago, says the National Children's Bureau in a new report. The report compares data on different aspects of children’s lives in the UK today with the experiences of children aged 11 in 1969, which were captured in Born to Fail, a National Child Development Study published in 1973.
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22/08/2013
Family finances ‘at breaking point’ over summer
Many families find their finances stretched to breaking point over the school holidays, according to findings of a survey carried out on behalf of the Salvation Army charity.
YouGov sampled 4,263 adults online during the period 7-12 August 2013.
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19/08/2013
Cost of a child reaches £148,000
Meeting the minimum needs of a child up to age 18 now costs around £148,000 – equivalent to around £160 a week – according to an updated analysis published by the Child Poverty Action Group. The figure has risen by 4 per cent between 2012 and 2013.
The calculation is based on the 'minimum income standard' – the income needed in order to reach a minimum socially acceptable standard of living, based primarily on popular consensus. It is averaged for a child across all ages, and includes childcare costs and housing.Category: Reports -
13/08/2013
Links between parental income and child outcomes
Low-income children are disadvantaged across the full spectrum of later developmental outcomes, a study by Bristol University has found.
The paper explores the relationship between family income and six child developmental outcomes in mid-childhood, spanning cognitive, emotional, behaviour and health domains.
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13/08/2013
Child hunger in London
As many as nine per cent of children in London, or the equivalent of 74,000 children, may be suffering from inadequate food intake. That's one of the key findings of research conducted by Ipsos MORI for the Greater London Authority. The study involved interviews with over 500 parents and 500 children, at all income levels and across London, designed to understand the impact that hunger has on their lives.
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18/07/2013
Cost of child poverty reaches £29 billion
The total financial cost to society of child poverty has risen from £25 billion a year in 2008 to £29 billion in 2013, says an updated analysis for the Child Poverty Action Group. The analysis takes into account a range of factors such as extra spending on services and lost tax receipts.
The new analysis accompanies a report examining the impact of the coalition's welfare reforms on local authorities – including the costs to local areas of child poverty – and exploring how they and partner organizations are coping with the impact of the reforms.
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17/07/2013
Childhood deprivation linked to adult social exclusion
Children from economically deprived families are more likely to be socially excluded as adults, finds a study from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies.
The study involved analysing data from more than 7,000 members of the 1970 British Cohort Study, and tracking six risk factors: poor physical and mental health; lack of emotional support from friends and family, and of trust in others; little or no interest or engagement in politics; having a low income, debts, or not having savings; limited access to good-quality public services; and being unemployed.
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