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2008November 10 Can work eradicate child poverty?This report examines the extent to which work can contribute to the eradication of child poverty, and identifies a number of issues that necessarily arise if work is seen as the best route out of poverty.Joseph Rowntree Foundation422kb
2008November 10 Childcare and child povertyOver the past 10 years, great strides have been made in improving childcare, but more must be done to improve quality and to make childcare more affordable and available to the most disadvantaged groups. This report sets out how, with further improvements, childcare policy can continue to play a key role not just in reducing poverty for today’s children, but also in improving outcomes and preventing poverty for the next generation.Joseph Rowntree Foundation267kb
2008November 10 Ending severe child povertyThis report asks what a focus on severe child poverty adds to our understanding of child poverty and what it may suggest in terms of future strategic approaches and policy solutions.Joseph Rowntree Foundation341kb
2008November 10 Addressing in-work povertyThis report describes how the rise of poverty among children in working-families is undermining the drive to end child poverty as a whole, and what can be done about it.Joseph Rowntree Foundation339kb
2008November 10 Tackling child poverty when parents cannot workAn overview and analysis of current policy approaches that support incomes of parents who are unable to work; focusing on maternity, short-term sickness and unemployment and on issues surrounding disability and caring.Joseph Rowntree Foundation808kb
2008November 10 The effects of discrimination on families in the fight to end child povertyThis report focuses on the discrimination experienced by families living in poverty in the UK (‘povertyism’), examining the barriers preventing them from enjoying equal access to fundamental economic and social rights.Joseph Rowntree Foundation160kb
2008November 10 Parental qualifications and child poverty in 2020This report looks at how the anticipated changes in qualifications and in the occupational and sectoral distribution of employment will impact on the incidence of child poverty by 2020.Joseph Rowntree Foundation408kb
2008November 10 What is needed to end child poverty in 2020?How realistic is the government's pledge to end child poverty by 2020? The strategy is hugely ambitious and progress has stalled. This Round-up draws on the findings of seven reports about how to take forward different aspects of a child poverty strategy; examines the impact of current policy; and suggests what is needed to ensure the target is met.Joseph Rowntree Foundation197kb
2008November 10 Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Scotland 2008The New Policy Institute has produced its 2008 edition of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland, providing a comprehensive analysis of trends and differences between groups. Based on the latest available data, its starting point is that, while child and pensioner poverty in Scotland has fallen over the last decade, poverty among working-age adults has remained the same.Joseph Rowntree Foundation321kb
2008October 23 Estimating the costs of child povertyThe moral case for eradicating child poverty rests on the immense human cost of allowing children to grow up suffering physical and psychological deprivations and unable to participate fully in society.

But child poverty is also costly to everyone in Britain, not just those who experience it directly. What are the costs to the whole of society of allowing child poverty to continue?
Joseph Rowntree Foundation604kb

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