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The DWP's new solution to the problem of low pay? Blame working families
This article was first published on the Newstatesman blog.How many hours should low-paid parents be expected to work? Universal credit (UC) pilots launched today provide an insight into government...
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First thoughts on the ‘National Living Wage’
A substantial increase in the National Minimum Wage for over-25s (or National Living Wage, as Osborne’s re-badging has it) can only be a good thing for low-paid workers. It should be celebrated. That...
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Don’t let tax credit changes freeze mums out of work
What's the point of working tax credits? David Cameron has called their use into question by highlighting the role they play in enabling big businesses to get away with paying poverty wages. But this...
View ArticleThe minimum standard of living is getting harder to reach
The basic cost of bringing up a child is getting harder to meet. New CPAG research updating our annual 'Cost of a child' report has found that while the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 remains...
View ArticleAdditional family hardship on the horizon
"Since the election an important debate has opened up over how far state benefits should be underpinning family living standards. The government is clearly trying to reduce what it sees as unnecessary...
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How can London mothers escape the poverty trap?
Why are mothers in London less likely to work than their counterparts across the country, and how can we ensure that having more parents in jobs brings the capital’s high child poverty rates down?read...
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Who loses what from tax credit cuts?
Today the Lords vote on government policies to cut tax credits, the extra support people on low wages receive to ‘top up’ their incomes. With over two thirds of children growing up in poverty living in...
View ArticleAdvising Daniel Blake
There has been much talk and comment in the media about Ken Loach’s latest film. It’s a well-made, well written, moving film, which at CPAG we were pleased to be able to provide script advice on. It...
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A ‘tax’ on work?
Universal Credit, the new benefit for families on low incomes, was claimed to have huge potential to reduce child poverty, incentivise work and make life easier for struggling families.read more
View ArticleOne year in: Mayor of London’s record so far
In his Manifesto, Sadiq Khan boldly declared that ‘in a city as prosperous as London, there is no excuse for child poverty’. He repeated this statement almost word-for-word in A City for All Londoners,...
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Good work in London: have your say
London is one of the most dynamic and successful cities in the world. But we also know our city is highly unequal with some groups excluded from economic prosperity.read more
View ArticleBritain Works
Work has been the biggest anti-poverty policy of recent decades, with support delivered under banners of ‘making work pay’, and calls for people to ‘work their way out of poverty’. However, people...
View ArticleWe can all agree: children deserve our support
Politicians are always concerned about public opinion, and they often seek to shape it. But, despite their efforts, we know that public policy and public opinion do not always match, and two pieces of...
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