The current cost of living is pushing more people into poverty, with almost 68% of low income...
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17/10/2012
Watchdog launches child poverty strategy for Wales
The children's rights watchdog in Wales has published its first strategy on child poverty. In it, the watchdog voices concern over the Welsh Government's decision to make tackling child poverty part of an overall plan covering children and adults, rather than adopting a child-centred approach.
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25/06/2012
Welsh Government action plan on poverty
A general increase in the wealth of society does not inevitably ‘trickle down’ to individuals and communities in poverty, according to a Welsh Government five-year action plan on poverty. There are multiple barriers preventing people from fulfilling their potential and the government needs to tackle these across a wide front.
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21/06/2012
Cutting council tax support in Wales
Any cuts to council tax support in Wales are bound to hit lower-income households, says a think-tank briefing.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has examined the likely impact on Wales of the UK government’s proposal to devolve council tax support from 2013/14 onwards, and to cut funding for it by 10 per cent. The briefing looks at the options available to the Welsh Government.
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20/05/2012
Children’s watchdog queries Wales poverty target
The watchdog for children’s rights in Wales has said it is unlikely child poverty will be eradicated in the country by the official 2020 target.
Keith Towler, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, told a BBC television programme he welcomes the Welsh Government’s aspirations but he called for more honesty from politicians. He said: ‘I think that if they continue to say it – eradicating child poverty by 2020 – they will just cheese people off.’
Towler also questioned whether politicians really understand what people living in poverty are going through.
Source: BBC report, 20 May 2012
Link: BBC report
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07/11/2011
Incapacity benefit reforms will hit claimants
The government reforms to incapacity benefit will result in severe hardship for hundreds of thousands of households living outside the south of England, according to research published by Sheffield Hallam University in Incapacity Benefit Reform.
The report by Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill of the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research finds:
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