England programme: Tackling poverty
We're lobbying the government to end child poverty
Many low-income families struggle to pay for basic necessities such as adequate heating and nutritious food. Poverty also causes social exclusion and limited access to local services such as leisure activities.
The government has promised to halve poverty by 2010 and end it by 2020.
We monitor the government's progress and we've found it is nowhere near meeting its targets.
We've been lobbying the government to make seasonal cash grants to low-income families. These would help them meet particularly high costs in winter, such as fuel and warm clothes. Partly as a result of our campaign, 100 MPs signed an early day motion to introduce seasonal grants.
For more information on child poverty in the UK, please see our poverty briefings and reports.
