Trades Union Congress: Social Issues

Child Poverty

4 million children - one in three - are currently living in poverty in the UK, one of the highest rates in the industrialised world. This is a shocking figure given the wealth of our nation.
The goal of the Campaign to End Child Poverty is simple - to eradicate child poverty in the UK - and our aims are clear.

Inform the public about the causes and effects of child poverty;
Forge commitment between, and across, the public, private and voluntary sectors to end child poverty by 2020;
Promote the case for ending child poverty by 2020 with this and every future Government.

Action is needed now!
Together with all our supporters, we are demanding the Government invests the necessary resources and policy changes to deliver on its promise to all children to eradicate child poverty in the UK by 2020.
The TUC are fully behind the campaign and we you will too.
Go to their website to learn more.

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Support for benefit cuts dependent on ignorance, TUC-commissioned poll finds

Ministers cannot assume that voters will continue to back them in their plans to cap welfare benefit rises, according to a new poll commissioned by the TUC from YouGov and published today (Friday).

4 January 2013

Government is ducking its commitment to child poverty, says TUC

Responding to today's (Thursday) speech on child poverty by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, the TUC has accused the government of ignoring the facts behind the problem.

15 November 2012

Tackling pay and employment to address poverty

There's no credible evidence to support the claim that members new to the government following last week's reshuffle were issued with protective helmets when they received their brief, but it does seem that there is a constant barrage of criticism fo...

10 September 2012

Longer Term Decline in Education Standards to Follow

There is quite clear evidence that the less well off people are, the more they depend on public services. People from the least well off families are likely to endure the worst health outcomes, disadvantaged in this area even before birth as impover...

6 September 2012

Income is key determinant of poverty

The Secretary Work and Pensions is right when he says poverty isn't just about income, there are other related characteristics that contribute to an impoverished quality of life. Refreshing the debate about poverty is timely and welcome, given th...

18 June 2012

Welfare Reform Bill: the Benefit Cap'

A briefing to explain why the TUC opposes the 'benefit cap'.

PDF version available for download

1 February 2012

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