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  • Fuelling the child poverty debate

    Whether it is tanker drivers going on a national strike, motorcyclists holding a mass rally on the M6 or lorry drivers blocking the roads of central London, those who rely on petrol for their livelihoods certainly know how to get the message across that the price of fuel is hurting.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-11-2008

  • Child poverty up. And pensioner poverty too

    by Mithran Samuel So child poverty has risen again. And pensioner poverty as well . To put it in context, the figures on household incomes published today relate to 2006-7 since when the government has announced tax and benefit changes in successive Budgets and pre-budget reports that will take another...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-10-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    The issue is not about financial gain or not loving the children its about being able to have the choice and if these children need stability and someone their for them maybe the last thing someone wants to do is go out and leave these children until they feel settled and safe, and how can anyone in...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    Sorry I have read and unable to quote the bit I wish to use, but how old is the grandmother? and how many children did she have placed with her? I feel its amazing to be told to go out and get a job, and if there is a disability involved also then I would say trying to get a job is almost impossible...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-08-2008

  • Re: Kinship Carers

    I feel that if it saves the children or whom ever else the informal carer is caring for the heartache of being away from there family, why should they not be paid it costs money, people have to leave there jobs and can not be expected to live on thin air, It would also save the government money and help...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by sonyaw331 on 04-04-2008

  • Budget

    What do people make of the today's Budget ? The big debate among campaigners is on child poverty, where the government committed around £1bn of the £3.4bn deemed necessary to hit its target of halving child poverty by 2010. The core child poverty campaign groups have strongly welcomed this, saying...
    Posted to General chat (Forum) by Mithran on 03-12-2008

  • A Budget that's worth, erm, millions

    by Mike McNabb Alistair Darling’s first Budget speech sounded grand as he dropped his largesse on our disadvantaged communities.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-12-2008

  • Re: Child poverty target - is it worth it?

    Up to a point you could say that the child poverty target has ensured some action to reduce poverty among children. Such a clear commitment gives campaigners something to hold government to account over. However, the child poverty target also demonstrates the raw realities of the pecking order of political...
    Posted to Children's services (Forum) by Mithran on 03-03-2008
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