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Gingerbread is part of the End Child Poverty campaign, which sent a Valentine to the Chancellor. We asked him to 'show a little love' in his next Budget and make sure that the money is available to end child poverty. You can see the card on the right.
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Unfortunately the 2009 Budget contained very little that will make a difference to child poverty, and you can read our response to the Budget here. Time is running out for the Government to meet its target to halve child poverty by 2010, so we’re delighted that Gordon Brown has announced a new law in Parliament to make this target, and the aim to abolish child poverty by 2020, a legal duty on Government.
A consultation on how this should be written into law was announced recently - see our press release welcoming the consultation on child poverty legislation.
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We’ve been calling on Government to turn the target into a law. We think it will help ensure that all future governments must make tackling child poverty a priority. We also want to see an annual report to Parliament on the progress made – giving people a chance to hold the Government to account. There was more pressure on Government to meet the target at a rally on the 4th of October which filled Trafalgar Square in London. Actor Chris Parker and singer Sophie Ellis Bextor joined 10,000 people in making as much noise as possible to tell the Government to keep the promise to halve child poverty by 2010.
In this tough financial climate we think it’s even more important that Government helps families by investing in all children, especially the poorest.
You can see photos of the rally at: End Child Poverty website
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