Sentences with phrase «action on child poverty»

«We welcome action on child poverty but the Government must remember that poverty is caused by a complex range of factors.

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Alison Garnham said: «If we are going to put a stop to the damage done by child poverty to childhoods and life chances then we need action on both sides of the school gate.

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Organisations are hoping for action on everything from public spending to child poverty in the chancellor's pre-Budget report.

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The Child Poverty Action Group is also behind the plan, with chief executive Alison Garnham declaring that «the evidence on the benefits for children of extending school meals is very strong».

To hit interim targets of halving child poverty by 2010 the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) estimates the government must spend an additional # 4 billion on tax credits and benechild poverty by 2010 the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) estimates the government must spend an additional # 4 billion on tax credits and bepoverty by 2010 the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) estimates the government must spend an additional # 4 billion on tax credits and beneChild Poverty Action Group (CPAG) estimates the government must spend an additional # 4 billion on tax credits and bePoverty Action Group (CPAG) estimates the government must spend an additional # 4 billion on tax credits and benefits.

In response to the Labour party's proposals on childcare, Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, said: «This proposal is great news for hard - pressed families struggling with the cost of childcare.

Commenting on the figures, Kate Green, chief executive of the child poverty action group, said: «Ministers can not take a holiday from their promise to end child poverty, or this is what happens.

The Child Poverty Action Group was happy about an announcement on free school meals.

«The prime minister spoke about injustice on entering Downing Street, but there is no greater burning injustice than children being forced into poverty as a result of government policy,» said the Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison Gpoverty as a result of government policy,» said the Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison GPoverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison Garnham.

That promise was reversed on Tuesday, saving the government about # 1bn a year and prompting Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, to claim «Britain's poorest families have been abandoned today and left to face the worst».

However, research by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows that primary schools with more than 40 per cent of children on free school meals will on average lose # 473 per pupil.

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In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing and educating young people, with particular attention to children living in poverty.

When Ms. Reed took the reins of the school system in 2005 after earning her doctorate, one of the first actions she took was to give teachers and principals training on the effects of poverty on children so that they could better understand some of the challenges their students face in learning.

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The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched judicial review proceedings over proposals to cut housing benefit for private sector tenants on 1 April 2011.

Grandparents Plus is calling on the Government to take urgent action to prevent more families from being plunged into poverty, by ensuring all kinship carers have a financial allowance related to their financial circumstances and the needs of the child.»

Child health professionals and their professional associations can advocate for policy action on the social determinants that support parents» capacity and ability to care for children.46 We need child health professionals to advocate for more equitable welfare reforms, with the test that they must protect children as the most vulnerable members of our society.2 This will include labour market, tax and transfer polices that aim to lift all families with children out of povChild health professionals and their professional associations can advocate for policy action on the social determinants that support parents» capacity and ability to care for children.46 We need child health professionals to advocate for more equitable welfare reforms, with the test that they must protect children as the most vulnerable members of our society.2 This will include labour market, tax and transfer polices that aim to lift all families with children out of povchild health professionals to advocate for more equitable welfare reforms, with the test that they must protect children as the most vulnerable members of our society.2 This will include labour market, tax and transfer polices that aim to lift all families with children out of poverty.