Sentences with phrase «child poverty figures»

Commenting on the latest child poverty figures, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Many teachers see on a daily basis the effect that living in poverty has on children.

The Tories» relief that the child poverty figures just published in the official Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics didn't show an increase was palpable.

«The child poverty figures you are talking about are hugely influenced by the fall in work allowances.

Today the B.C. Liberals are saying they're proud of new child poverty figures from Statistics Canada.

So the reason the department doesn't want to say very much about the child poverty figure is because Universal Credit had a very distinct effect on child poverty.

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What made St. Francis so influential was his extraordinary originality: the son of a rich businessman who renounced his wealth and slept in pigstys while retaining the courtliness and gentility that were noble attributes of his era; the anti-establishment figure who founded a great religious institution; the man of radical poverty whose followers were not permitted (even if they had wanted) to imitate his utter rejection of worldly goods; the man of the Bible who never owned a complete one; the author of the first great literary work in Italian dialect, the «Canticle of the Sun,» who was steeped in the jongleur tradition of French poetry and song; the naïf who moved the heart and enriched the religious imagination of that great realist and exponent of papal power, Innocent III; the child of the age of Crusades who sought not the conquest of the Muslims but their conversion.

«ONS figures show that under this Government, around 300,000 fewer children are in poverty or growing up in workless families.

One in five children live in poverty north of the border with the figure at one in three in some areas.

«It is nothing short of scandalous that 3.7 million children are now living in poverty in the UK, many of them from working families, and the figure is rising.

«Under the Prime Minister's watch, 3.7 million children in the UK are now living in poverty, a figure set to rise by 600,000 over the next two years, as a result of the Government's continuation of its economic and social policies.

When asked again in 2016, this time by Labour MP Stephen Timms, the department failed to provide any figure at all, instead Timms was told that the government is «committed to eliminating child poverty».

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The Labour manifesto will reiterate its pledge to halve child poverty by 2010 and abolish it by 2020, a target that looks ambitious after government figures issued this week.

Chris Keates: «If, as expected, the figures show that child poverty levels have risen yet again, this is a shameful indictment of the economic and social policies of the Coalition Government.

The figures were calculated from a UK national figure of # 29 million a year and are based on the population size and child poverty rate within each local authority area.

Previously, it estimated that, when fully implemented, the new benefit would reduce child poverty by 350,000 children, a figure that has now been reduced to 150,000.

· For details of new figures given by the government, see the parliamentary written answer to question 137238 in column 715W of Hansard, which is linked to here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130115/text/130115w0003.htm · CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low - income families and children.

Martin Narey, chief executive of Barnardo's, said: «Today's figures provide confirmation that Labour have abandoned their bravest commitment — to halve child poverty by 2010.

Almost a quarter of New York children live in poverty, and in the city of Binghamton, that figure is near 50 percent.

In Kano state alone, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje gave an official figure that there are about three million out of school children roaming the streets of the state as almajiri - pupils of Quranic schools forced by poverty and parental deprivation into begging.

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.

And that's an increasingly important problem: a new analysis of official figures by ECP shows that the number of children in poverty in working households has risen by 300,000 since 2010 to reach 2.4 million - meaning that nearly two thirds of children in poverty live in working households.

Campbell Robb, the chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: «These troubling figures are warning signs we could be at the beginning of a sharp rise in poverty, with forecasts suggesting child poverty could rise further by 2021.»

Updated figures will be published on Thursday and they are expected to show an increase in the number of children living in households whose incomes are less than 60 % of the UK average — the current measure of child poverty.

Ahead of the figures being published, the Child Poverty Action Group accused ministers of pursuing a «failing» approach.

These figures illustrate why it's essential for advocates and policymakers to understand the long - term impact of child poverty and the factors — like parental education and race / ethnicity — that appear to distinguish low - income and poor children from their more economically advantaged peers.»

Figure 3 shows relative child - poverty rates for selected countries.

It's important to note that the absolute poverty rates shown in Figure 3 are for the general population, not for children.

Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on ECP figures providing a Child Poverty map of the UK...

The U.S. is also facing a poverty crisis, with most recent Census data showing that nearly 15 % of Americans and over 21 % of children live in poverty — a figure that has remained fairly constant since the Great Recession began in 2008.

Official figures now show that more than two thirds of child poverty is now in working families, reflecting changes in financial hardship and stagnation in wages.

Because the United States is a relatively rich country, many among the 21 percent of school - age children living below the national poverty line are not counted in the low - income bracket by OECD standards, hence the OECD's seemingly low figure of 13 percent.)

Dr. Born, cited a figure in his Powerpoint presentation that one in five American children are living on or near the poverty line.

Official figures show that more than two thirds of children living in poverty are now in working families.

The latest figures from the UN show that three - quarters of the population are forced to survive in absolute poverty on less than one dollar a day; over 30 % of all children die before reaching the age of five and one child now dies of preventable diseases and malnutrition every three minutes (480 every day); overall life expectancy is a mere 45 years and almost a third of the country's population has been displaced by the conflict (some four million civilians).

The good news to this disturbing figure is that a strategy is in place to address some serious problems, including an end to child poverty by 2030.

The latest data for child poverty is one year behind unemployment figures.

Figure 4.4 presents the percentage of children with at least borderline difficulties according to poverty duration.

Figure 4.1 shows the percentage of children overweight, including obese, by poverty duration.

Figure 4.5 Percentage of children with at least borderline social, emotional and behavioural difficulties by poverty duration

Figure 4.6 looks at the percentage of children who experienced multiple problems (two or more) according to their longitudinal poverty status.

Figure 4.2 shows the percentage of children that had an accident or injury in the last year according to poverty duration.