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Tackling Child Poverty Dynamics: Filling in Gaps in the Strategy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Noel Smith
Noel Smith*
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Since announcing its ambitious pledge to eradicate child poverty, the Government's strategy has focused on providing extra income to families, particularly in terms of tax credits, and on increasing employment rates among parents. Recently, however, its strategy has developed to encompass a new emphasis on job retention, career progression and smoothing movement into and out of work, all of which should serve to safeguard and support children's movement out of poverty. With reference to poverty dynamics research, this article discusses why this new emphasis is crucial for reducing child poverty and highlights the possible future direction of developing policy in this light.

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Themed Section on The Poverty of Policy? Gaps in Anti-Poverty Policy for Children and Young People
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 507 - 519
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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