Local authority progress in tackling child poverty
In March 2010 the Child Poverty Bill gained Royal Assent with cross-party support. The ensuing Child Poverty Act (England and Wales Statutes, 2010) placed
a legal obligation on government to end child poverty in the UK by 2020. It also placed new duties on devolved administrations and local government to tackle child poverty.
The Local Government Group (LG Group) commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to undertake research to assess local authorities’ (LAs) progress in meeting these new duties. Specifically, the research assesses the extent to which LAs are progressing with the requirement to complete a local needs assessment and a joint local child poverty strategy. This report presents the key findings from indepth telephone interviews with 43 child poverty partnership members across nine case-study areas, conducted between January and March 2011.
Published : 31st May 2011
Author : Julie Nelson, Lisa O’Donnell and Caroline Filmer-Sankey [ More From This Author ]
Publisher : National Foundation for Educational Research [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : National Foundation for Educational Research
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