Published articles

A selection of topical articles contributed by CPAG to other magazines and newspapers. (For articles published in CPAG's own magazine, see the Poverty articles section.)

• Edwina Currie's poverty claims are a chilling blast from the past
  Currie's claim that no one in the UK goes hungry reflects a wider return to the attitudes of the 1980s – as child poverty soars.
  >>> Read "Comment is free" by Alison Garnham on the Guardian website
• Labour's new bargain
  Responding to a speech by Liam Byrne describing "Labour's new bargain", Alison Garnham offers some policy advice to the Labour party as it considers its policies on welfare and child poverty.
  >>> Read the article on the Progress Online website
• The unkindest cut of all?
  The welfare cuts revealed in the Emergency Budget paint a bleak picture of poverty for the most vulnerable, and may prove more costly in the end, says Gabrielle Preston, policy research officer at Child Poverty Action Group, in an article in the Independent Adviser Autumn 2010 issue.
  >>> Download a copy of this article (784KB PDF)
• Why poverty really is relative
  CPAG disputes Frank Field's claim that we need to change our definition of poverty, June 2010.
  >>> Read the blog on the New Statesman website (external website)
• Child poverty in black and minority ethnic groups
  Children in some communities are more vulnerable to the effects of poverty than others. Mark Willis of CPAG in Scotland highlights the impact ethnicity can have. Children in Scotland magazine, January 2010.
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• Ending poverty remains crucial to better child wellbeing
  Imrain Hussain explains that while it is right to recognise the need for good parenting, it is not the most important influence on a child's life chances. The Times, 21 January 2010.
  >>> Read the article online at http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article6997382.ece (external website)
• Notes from the launch of Poverty, inequality and human rights.
  This is a report of a seminar to present the findings of a research project exploring the possible impact of human rights upon anti-poverty strategies. The seminar was co-chaired by Kate Green of CPAG and convened by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Global Partners & Associates.
  
  >>> Read the notes from the launch of Poverty, inequality and human rights
  >>> Read the report Poverty, inequality and human rights at http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/poverty-inequality-human-rights (external website) .
• Dynamic Benefits?
  Kate Green responds to the Centre for Social Justice's report on the benefits system. Progress magazine, September 2009
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.progressonline.org.uk/news/item.asp?n=5503 (external website)
• Means-testing child benefits will hit the poor, not the rich
  Evidence shows that the complexity and stigma involved would reduce take-up, says Kate Green in the Guardian's 'Comment is Free' section
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/30/means-testing-benefits-hits-poor?commentpage=1 (external website)
• Welfare through wellbeing
  Improving child wellbeing must be at the heart of child and family policies geared towards alleviating poverty and inequality, says Kate Green in this article for Policy Network.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.policy-network.net/publications/articles.aspx?id=2892tm (external website)
• Put top rate change into the back pockets of the poorest
  Protecting family security by ensuring that the nation stays on track to eradicate child poverty during the economic downturn is both a moral and economic necessity, says Kate Green. Article published in Fabian Review, winter 2008/09.
  >>> Download a copy of this article (79KB PDF)
• Where is the backbench revolt?
  Labour's welfare reform programme owes more to authoritarianism than enlightenment, says Kate Green in The Chartist.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.chartist.org.uk/articles/britpol/jan09green.htm (external website)
• Now is the time to tackle child poverty
  In a Guardian letter CPAG and other Campaign to end Child Poverty members urge the Chancellor to take the opportunity offered by the Pre-Budget Report to stimulate the economy with the £3 billion investment needed to halve child poverty by 2010.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/nov/19/children-socialexclusion (external website)
• The Prejudice of Poverty
  The education system widens the gap between comfortably off and poor children – more should be done to close it, argues Kate Green in The Teacher, December 2007.
  >>> Read the letter online at http://www.nut.org.uk/theteacher/cover_pics/050_teacher_dec07.pdf (external website)
  
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• Poverty and Disability
  Gabrielle Preston asks whether the Government's proposals on welfare reform really address the needs of disabled people with parenting responsibilities. Article published in Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, issue 55.
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• Invest in children, invest in the future’
  Article by Alex Belardinelli on the Make Child Benefit Count campaign published in Tribune, August 2006.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘Pushing an open door’
  Many parents with disabilities are willing to return to work, and their plea to ministers is for support, not threats, say Gabrielle Preston and Alex Belardinelli. Article published in Society Guardian, June 2006.
  >>> Read the article online at http://society.guardian.co.uk/socialexclusion/comment/0,,1806367,00.html (external website)
• ‘Bring back free school meals’
  CPAG's Kate Green makes the case for universal free school meals – in Hull and the rest of the UK, published in Education Guardian, June 2006.
  >>> Read the article online at http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,,1794069,00.html (external website)
• 'Bigger drive needed on child poverty’
  Alex Belardinelli on the Government’s child poverty target, published in Tribune, March 2006.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘Halve child poverty by 2010’
  Kate Green on CPAG’s wish-list for the 2006 Budget, published on the Financial Times website, March 2006.
  >>> Read the article online at http://news.ft.com/ (external site)
• ‘Careless talk’
  Alex Belardinelli on child poverty and David Cameron’s social justice policy group, published in Progress magazine, March 2006.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.progressives.org.uk/ (external site)
• ‘Tackling child poverty in London’
  Kate Green on the London Child Poverty Commission, published in North West London Newspapers, March 2006.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘Let’s get to work’
  Kate Green on the welfare reform Green Paper, published on the Guardian website, February 2006.
  >>> Read the article online at http://politics.guardian.co.uk/ (external site)
• ‘A shambles since its inception, now this review must finally deliver’
  Kate Green on the Child Support Agency, published in Tribune, January 2006.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘End child poverty’
  Jonathan Stearn and Kate Green on local government’s role in ending child poverty, published in Local Government First, November 2005.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘Priorities for John Hutton’s in-tray’
  Kate Green on some of the issues facing the new Work and Pensions Secretary, published in Tribune, November 2005.
  >>> Read on this website
• ‘Hitting them when they’re down’
  Kate Green on tax credits and the Child Support Agency, published in Public Finance magazine, September 2005.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.cipfa.org.uk/publicfinance/ (external site)
• ‘Getting welfare rights back on the agenda’
  Kate Green on welfare rights and the Government’s child poverty targets, published in Chartist magazine, September 2005.
  >>> Read the article online at http://www.chartist.org.uk/ (external site)