UN Poverty Rappporteur's findings are a wake up call, says CPAG
On Friday 16 November 2018, the UN Speacial Rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights reported the preliminary findings of his mission to the UK.read more
View ArticleAppeal court to hear two-child limit challenge
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is continuing its legal challenge to the two-child limit for universal credit and tax credit payments in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 December...
View ArticleChild Poverty Action Group responds to new poverty statistics
Today’s publication (28 March 2019) of annual poverty statistics (Households Below Average Income) found:read more
View ArticleTwo-child limit will tip 300,000 more children into poverty, says CPAG
On today’s two-year anniversary of the two-child limit, new research for the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows 300,000 more children will be in poverty as a result of the policy by the time...
View ArticleUniversal Credit claimants 'left in the dark about their entitlements'
Universal credit (UC) claimants are routinely in the dark about how much they should receive, how their awards are calculated and if and how they can challenge DWP decisions, because the Department’s...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules against challenge to the benefit cap
The Supreme Court has today (15 May 2019) ruled against a challenge to the Government’s benefit cap policy brought by six lone parents and their children. Two of the lone parents and their children...
View ArticleRestoring cuts 'could lift 700,000 children out of poverty'
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is calling for re-investment in social security support for the UK’s children, in a new report detailing the costs of restoring a catalogue of cuts to social security...
View ArticleIPPR backs CPAG call for action on Universal Credit to lift 700,000 children...
Commenting on the Child Poverty Action Group’s call for an overhaul of Universal Credit to make it fit for families and raise 700,000 children from poverty, Carys Roberts, IPPR chief economist and head...
View ArticleMore families affected by the two-child limit
Responding to today’s official government statistics showing the number of families affected by the two-child limit in tax credits and universal credit after two years of the policy, Chief Executive of...
View ArticleAnti-poverty and carers charities comment on the Budget
Commenting on the Budget, theChief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Alison Garnham said: “The new Corona virus emergency measures on Statutory Sickness Pay, Employment and Support...
View ArticlePandemic response falls short for families as child poverty rises, says CPAG
As the Government puts in place emergency measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic, child poverty continues its upward trend without an effective strategy to tackle it, says Child Poverty...
View ArticleLow-income parents rely on Child Benefit for household basics
As many families prepare this week for a uniquely expensive return to school after lockdown, new research shows that in recent years parents have increasingly had to use their child benefit to cover...
View ArticleNumber of households subject to the benefit cap reaches 170,000
New official figures show the number of households subject to the benefit cap has reached 170,000, an increase of eight per cent since May 2020. Most of the increase is in London. The cap limits the...
View ArticleTwo in five children under the poverty line not eligible for free school meals
Prior to the pandemic, at least two in five school-age children – 1.3 million – who lived below the UK’s poverty line were not entitled to free school meals, new analysis from Child Poverty Action...
View Article35,000 households to be hit by benefit cap at Christmas, says CPAG
An estimated 35,000 households on universal credit (UC), mostly families (77 per cent), will have their benefits capped from this month because they lost jobs or earnings to COVID-19 in March and their...
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