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shawn
                              

editorial director, rightsnet
Member since
28th Jul 2005

CPAG letter to the Chancellor ahead of tomorrow's Budget ...
Tue 20-Mar-07 03:41 PM

'I write ahead of your budget statement to outline the steps the Child Poverty Action Group believes are essential to maintain momentum on the reduction in child poverty and improve outcomes for Britain's most disadvantaged children.

While we endorse moves to increase financial support for children, the disappointing failure to meet the interim target on child poverty suggests that a different and more radical approach is called for: more of the same will not be enough to get the child poverty strategy back on track ...'

http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/pdfs/CPAG_budget_2007_press.pdf

  

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