CPAG is a founder member and (from May 2010) the host of End Child Poverty, a group of over 150 organisations from the voluntary, private and public sectors working together to make the goal of eradicating child poverty a reality. Find out more: www.endchildpoverty.org.uk

Future childcare funding: how will the poorest families benefit?
Listen to the podcast of this SMF/Child Poverty Action Group event held at the Conservative Party Conference on 4th October 2011.
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Welfare Reform
See our most recent press and parliamentary work and articles about the Welfare Reform Green Paper. Find out more.

CPAG and school meals
One in three school children lives in poverty in the UK, yet only one in five school children is currently eligible to receive a free school meal. CPAG is campaigning to extend entitlement to free school meals to all children who live in poverty. Find out more.

Fair Pay Network
CPAG is a member of the Fair Pay Network, a national coalition of organisations campaigning for fairer pay. Over half of the UK's children in poverty have a parent in work – which means that in-work poverty is a key issue in the fight against child poverty. Visit the Fair Pay Network website to find out more.

Defending legal aid
CPAG is campaigning to support the legal aid scheme, which has a vital role to play in fighting poverty and social exclusion. Find out more.

New manifesto to eradicate child poverty
Ending Child Poverty: A Manifesto for Success was launched on 18 March 2009 – the tenth anniversary of the Government's pledge to eradicate child poverty in a generation. It makes a strong moral statement on how the UK should value children and put their needs first – and sets out the ten practical steps towards a society free of child poverty.

• Download Ending Child Poverty: a manifesto for success (248 KB pdf file, 55 pages)

New online guide to poverty in the UK

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Fuel Poverty
CPAG is working with energy efficiency environmental and poverty related organisations to press the Government to take the action needed to end fuel poverty. Read the Fuel Poverty Charter (74 KB Word doc).