16 April 2008

POVERTY

2 Skint 4 School (March 2008)
This briefing, from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), puts into context the links between poverty and educational inequality, and calls for policies that will help end the classroom divide.
Click here for the Briefing

The Impact of Benefit and Tax Uprating on Incomes and Poverty (9th April 2008)
Each year, the Government decides how much to raise benefits and tax allowances. The basis for these upratings is rarely debated, yet has major long-term consequences for the relative living standards of different groups and for public finances. This report considers the implications of present uprating policies, which mean that some parts of the tax and benefit system are uprated by earnings growth, other parts by prices and some not at all.
Click here for the Report
Click here for the Findings

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