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Chris Parker calls for public support to end child poverty - 10.09.08
3.9 million children in the UK are living below the poverty line. This can be changed. That’s one of the reasons I am backing the ...
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Response to World Health Organisation report - 28.08.08
Campaign to End Child Poverty director Hilary Fisher said: “From the day they are born, children’s health and very survival ...
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Health of children in poverty a timebomb waiting to go off - 27.08.08
Ill health is one of the worst effects that poverty can have on a child’s life in the UK, with the risk of sudden infant death bei...
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Spare a thought for children who have odds stacked against them - 20.08.08
A child who is born into a poor family will be at an educational disadvantage before they have even learnt to say the word ‘school...
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GCSE chances of poorest are a post code lottery - 20.08.08
A new league table has revealed the best and worst places for the poorest students to go to school. The league, compiled for the campaig...
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END CHILD POVERTY CALLS ON FAMILIES TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP - 04.08.08
The Campaign to End Child Poverty is urgently calling on people to share their experiences of living on a low income and help put pressu...
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End Child Poverty responds to the Welfare Reform Green Paper - 21.07.08
Hilary Fisher, Director, End Child Poverty Campaign, said today:
“The Government is continuing to show its bold commitment to m...
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MPs back end to child poverty as charity calls for public to join Trafalgar Square event - 16.07.08
MPs from across the political parties today demanded that the Government keep its promise to end child poverty. The MPs were signing u...
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HBAI report - End Child Poverty disappointed as child poverty figures rise - 10.06.08
The Campaign to End Child Poverty expressed disappointment at the HBAI (Households below average income) statistics released today, 10th...
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Campaign to End Child Poverty adds its 100th member - 03.12.07
TreeHouse, the national charity for autism education, has become the 100th member of the Campaign to End Child Poverty, it was announced...
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End Child Poverty supports Government accident prevention initiative - 03.12.07
Commenting on today’s announcement by the Department for Children, Schools and Families that £18 million will be made availa...
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MPs announced as Child Poverty Champions - 12.11.07
The Campaign to End Child Poverty is announcing today three Child Poverty Parliamentary Champions to invigorate debate within their own ...
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Yes child poverty really does exist in the UK: Figures spell out the extent of child poverty across Britain - 17.10.07
The Campaign to End Child Poverty today releases figures and maps showing the extent of child poverty across the UK to launch a Month of...
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Better housing essential in the fight against child poverty - 12.10.07
A new briefing released today by the Campaign to End Child Poverty highlights the urgent need to address bad housing affecting many of t...
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London children demand action on child poverty from Government minister and Children’s Commissioner - 09.10.07
Beverley Hughes MP, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, and Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children’s Commis...
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Chancellor’s announcements leave poor children wanting - 09.10.07
The Campaign to End Child Poverty says today’s Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review announcements are a slap in the...
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Campaign to End Child Poverty welcomes new PM pledge to end child poverty, but says time is running out on targets - 24.09.07
The Campaign to End Child Poverty today endorsed Prime Minister Brown’s pledge to end child poverty in the UK, but stressed that a...
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Picnic in the park puts poverty in the spotlight - 01.08.07
Two Cabinet Ministers, Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Secretary of...
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Working families still in poverty in UK - 31.07.07
Millions of children are living in poverty in the UK today despite having a parent or sometimes two in paid employment. The Campaign to ...
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Martin Narey responds to Social Justice Commission review - 10.06.07
Martin Narey, Chair of End Child Poverty, in response to the Social Justice Commission review stated:
“ I welcome the pri...
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Launch of Barnardo's report on child poverty - 22.05.07
The stark impact of child poverty is highlighted today in ‘It doesn’t happen here: The reality of child poverty in the UK&rs...
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Response to the HBAI figures: Disastrous rise in child poverty shows Government failing to meet their targets - 27.03.07
The number of children in poverty has increased by 100,000 according to the 2005/6 Households Below Average Income (HBAI) figures releas...
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News Items 2006 - 07.01.06
19 December 2006
Liberal Democrats commit to ending child poverty by 2020 and bring a significant political consensus to be celebrated....
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