Archived press releases – 2004

02.12.04
Responding to today's pre-budget report, CPAG said putting parents and children first is the 'right thing to do'.

25.11.04
The cost of sending children to school is now so high that some parents face spending almost £1000 a year according to research undertaken by the Department for Education and Skills.

17.11.04
Responding to the resignation of the Chief Executive of the CSA Kate Green said, 'Whoever is in charge, the Child Support Agency is a mess and children in poverty are losing out'

16.11.04
CPAG's response to the publication of the Government's White Paper on public health Choosing health: Making healthier choices easier.

25.10.04
CPAG, in its response to the Home Office's paper, Integration Matters: A National Strategy for Refugee Integration makes clear its opposition to the government proposal of 'refugee integration loans'.

23.09.04
New findings published and funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, contain evidence as to how policy can assist lone parents into decent, sustainable, employment.

08.09.04
Recipe for Change report: Leading children's charity demands real and effective government intervention to improve school meals.

07.09.04
CPAG's response to House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report 'Early years: progress in developing high quality childcare and early education accessible to all'.

18.08.04
CPAG launches a critical report on tax credits and concludes that after a year of the new system problems and confusion amongst claimants continue.

29.07.04
CPAG's response to Barnardos report 'School's Out; food poverty in the summer holiday'

12.07.04
CPAG's response to the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review and its impact on tackling child poverty.

01.07.04
CPAG's new Chief Executive, Kate Green, begins her work at the leading charity today and has spoken of the challenging time ahead for the child poverty lobby.

28.06.04
CPAG has today given a guarded welcome to the launch of the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)

18.06.04
Communities Minister Margaret Curran MSP today launches a new project aimed at ensuring Scotland's poorest families benefit fully from the Tax Credit system.

10.06.04
CPAG has spoken out against an amendment placed by the government to the current asylum and immigration bill, which will stop the back-dating of financial support for refugees in the UK.

08.06.04
Responding to the government's report on child poverty in the UK, CPAG said: 'We welcome the government's progress on reducing child poverty. We continue to be concerned that changes in the definition of child poverty may undermine future success and public confidence.'

27.05.04
CPAG is the leading national campaigning organisation on the take-up of good-quality school meals and sees these as a fundamental part of children's diets, and one where government can intervene to improve nutrition.

27.04.04
The Child Poverty Action Group has announced that Kate Green will be joining them as their new Chief Executive in July 2004.

22.04.04
CPAG's response to the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report: Inland Revenue: Tax Credits.

08.04.04
CPAG welcomes Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Child Poverty in the UK which which calls for more money for UK's poorest families.

06.04.04
CPAG today made fresh calls for an amnesty of tax credit overpayments on the anniversary of the new scheme's implementation.

30.03.04
CPAG's response to the the annual Household Below Average Income Figures for 2002/03 (HBAI), which are recognised as the key indicators of child poverty in the UK.

23.03.04
The Full Court of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today made a decisive ruling against the use by the UK Government of an habitual residence test as a means of restricting access to means-tested social security benefits

18.03.04
Leading academics and poverty commentators have joined together with CPAG to publish a report to mark the fifth anniversary of the Prime Minister's pledge to end child poverty in the UK within 20 years

17.03.04
Leading children's charity disappointed at only one mention of child poverty in the Budget and calls for Chancellor to redouble efforts

9.03.04
Every country and region within the UK suffers from 'pockets' of poverty – a new national report claims today.

4.03.04
CPAG has spoken of its deep concern at official figures released last week that show millions of pounds of income related benefits going unclaimed.

6.01.04
CPAG is supporting an Early Day Motion calling for an amnesty on overpayments of tax credits.

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