UK government "failing to reach child poverty targets"

An extra £4.2bn a year will have to be spent on tax credits if the government is to meet its target of halving child poverty, a report warns. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) estimates that 2.3 million children will be in poverty in 2010, missing the 1.7 million target set in 1999. Treasury Secretary Yvette Cooper said tackling poverty was "about more than financial support". But the Tories said ministers were failing to address the root causes of poverty. The government aims to eradicate child poverty completely by 2020. Press TV's Uzma Hussain reports from London.

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[GordonTheWanker]

This country is now a den of iniquity no thanks to the members of these secret socities who go by the name of 'democratic parties'.

[09SRILANKA]

Child poverty is here as the childrens parents put them in this situation. Fags £5+ a pckt, ale, takeouts & widescreen tvs. Families with kids are very well provided for by the state, its just thick parenting which is to blame. Kids will no doubt get school dinners provided, parents will get giro/sick£, rent paid, council tax, prescriptions,dental. The list is bloody endless. Thick parents =child poverty!

[fiveminutestotroll]

dont you ever spend any of the award on a self catering holiday as the money you get is for home use only