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CPAG policy briefing December 2006

Comprehensive spending review 2007
What it needs to deliver on child poverty

Francis McGlone with Paul Dornan

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Contents

Introduction
The Government’s record
What should the spending review deliver?
Provide most for those children at greatest risk of poverty
Work towards better jobs, not just more jobs
Ensure the safety net protects families against poverty
Maximise the contribution of child benefit within family support
Introduce free at the point of delivery good-quality childcare
Make the reduction of child poverty central to the new child support policies
Make education truly free at the point of delivery
Provide benefit entitlement to all UK residents equally, irrespective of immigration status
Reduce the disproportionate burden of taxation on poorer families
Improve the quality of delivery and gear it to the needs of the poorest families
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© Child Poverty Action Group 2006

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ISBN10: 1 906076 00 6
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