Support not threats needed to reach the most excluded

Children’s charity responds to PM’s lecture on social exclusion

Responding today to the Prime Minister’s lecture to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on social exclusion, Kate Green, Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, said:

“We’re pleased that the Prime Minister has recognised that some families remain highly vulnerable to poverty and exclusion. Although the Government has made good progress in reducing child poverty, still looked-after children, and those in families where there are serious mental health problems, remain at greatest risk of growing up poor. These families need support not threats, and adequate incomes to give children the best start in life. We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to positive support, which helps not stigmatises families, as the best way to engage with those whom the system has failed.”

For further information please contact:
Paul Dornan
Tel. 020 7812 5201 or 07816 909302
lhunterrowe@cpag.org.uk