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Welcome news for 4 million children as Child Poverty Bill published today - 12th of Jun, 2009
Eradicating Child Poverty in the UK comes a step closer today with the publication of the bill to enshrine the 2020 eradicating target into law.
Hilary Fisher, the Director of End Child Poverty said:
“With 4 million children in poverty in the UK today it is important the Government focus on the real challenges facing children living in poverty.
We welcome the Child Poverty Bill as an important step forward in making tackling child poverty a priority for all Governments - ending child poverty is not a luxury, but a necessity.
It will be particularly important to be clear how Government will be held to account in the legislation.
We believe the first step to tackling child poverty in the future is tackling it today. We need to see urgent action to help hard pressed families now as well as a strong bill which carries forward that action into the future.”
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For additional comment, or an interview with Hilary Fisher, call 020 7278 6745, or mobile 07930804191, or email hilary@ecpc.org.uk
The Campaign to End Child Poverty is a coalition of more than 150 organisations working to eradicate child poverty in the UK. It is formed from children's and other charities, social justice groups, faith-groups, trade unions and others concerned about the unacceptably high levels of child poverty in the UK. For more information, visit www.endchildpoverty.org.uk
The comments in this release represent the views of End Child Poverty and do not necessarily reflect the views of member organisations.
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