For immediate release: 28 June 2016 The Households Below Average Income figures for 2014/5 released today show that while average income has risen above the 2009/10 levels for the first time, child poverty is on the rise, with 200,000 more children in poverty. The number of children in poverty (after housing costs are taken into […]
For immediate release: Wednesday 16 March 2016 In response to today’s Budget, Sam Royston, Chair of End Child Poverty said: “The End Child Poverty Coalition was looking to see measures in the budget to tackle child poverty, given the Prime Minister’s promise of an ‘all-out assault on poverty’ and that this would be a ‘turn-around […]
The End Child Poverty coalition welcomes the Government’s announcement that it will retain a legally binding commitment to continue to measure and publish the number of children living in families on low incomes, following a defeat in the House of Lords in January. Sam Royston, Chair of End Child Poverty, said: “You can’t know the […]
