Why London needs a Child Poverty Commission
London is a world city and the powerhouse behind one of the world’s most successful economies. Yet disadvantage and inequality mean that over half a million of London's children (41 per cent) live in poverty. The London Child Poverty Commission has been established to identify ways to reduce and eventually eliminate child poverty in London.
Final report
London Child Poverty Commission Launches final report - Capital Gains
The London Child Poverty Commission Published its final report on 28 February 2008. The report, Capital Gains, is the result of two years of extensive research and consultation. It calls for action from national and local government, employers, and to people working directly with families and children.
It calls for a govenment Minister to have specific responsibility for reducing child poverty in the capital, and for tougher targets for Jobcentre Plus to help more London parents into work.
News
Government Launches a London Child Poverty Pledge
The London Child Poverty Commission welcomes today's launch of a London Child Poverty Pledge, developed by the government's Child Poverty Unit, a joint Department for Schools and Families (DCSF), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Treasury initiative.
The Pledge is aimed at any organisation that delivers services for families in London and calls for organisations to make a demonstrable commitment to increase their focus on child poverty and improve the impact of their services on; parental employment, child poverty and the outcomes of poor children in London.
Organisations are being asked to sign up to the Pledge over summer 2008, if your organisation wants find out more about the pledge, or to sign up to the pledge, please contact Sally Knock in the Child Poverty Unit on 0207 9253873 or email sally.knock@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk.
DMAG Update on the London figures from the Households Below Average Income series
The Greater London Authority's Data Management and Analysis Group (DMAG) has produced summary data of the London figures from the HBAI series published by DWP.
HBAI Child Poverty Statistics 2006/07
The latest Households Below Average Income figures showed that the number of children in relative poverty rose by 100,000, both before and after housing costs are taken into account, to 2.9million (BHC) and 3.9million (AHC) respectively between 2005/06 and 2006/07.
Child Poverty Business Breakfast
The Child Poverty Business Breakfast in June 2008 brought together employers from across London to explore the role and opportunities for employers in helping to tackle child poverty in the capital.
Focus
European Cities Against Child Poverty
European Cities Against Child Poverty is a new EU-wide partnership addressing the root causes of child poverty in participating cities.
Tackling London's Child Poverty Challenge Conference Report
The conference report, plus papers and presentations from our international conference.
Childcare Affordability Programme
Funded by the LDA and DfES, the Childcare Affordability Programme expects to benefit up to 10,000 lower income families in London by 2008, by providing affordable and flexible childcare, to enable parents to work or train.
The Wrong Trainers
The Wrong Trainers, BBC Newsround’s report on child poverty in the UK vividly presents children’s experiences of poverty through cartoons, a quiz, an online game and footage of children interviewing people who have a role in tackling poverty and its effects.