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Response by End Child Poverty to new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report - 9th of Apr, 2008
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes the report ‘The impact of benefit and tax uprating on incomes and poverty’ today. One of the report’s findings is that the rate of child poverty will almost double that over the next 20 years under current uprating policies.
Hilary Fisher, director of End Child Poverty, said: “The Government has shown it's commitment to end child poverty by investing nearly £1bn in last month’s budget. However, more needs to be done. Ensuring that payments to families on low incomes keep pace or move ahead of average household incomes is essential if the government is to meet its own targets.”
“In the last 10 years 600,000 children have been lifted out of poverty as a result of government action. Without an extra £3bn the target to halve child poverty by 2010 will be missed.
“We know that children growing up in poverty are more likely to leave school at 16 with fewer qualifications. Without a continued effort to tackle inequality we will continue to see children fail to achieve their full potential.”
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