Child Poverty in the UK

Paper Summary:

This paper examines a number of issues involving the poverty of children in the UK. First, the author examines statistics of poverty and its immediate consequences. Then the paper points out possible long-term consequences of children raised in poverty, such as health and education. Also considered are the causes of poverty. A study of the city of Derry and its children living in poverty is a focal point of the paper. The paper concludes citing the growing gap between those with viable incomes and those living in dire circumstances.

From the Paper:

"According to the Government, joblessness is the primary cause of poverty, thus helping people into the employment arena is central to its anti-poverty strategy (Tackling). Rather than targeting unemployment, the Government has targeted "joblessness,' with policies designed "not to create shops, but to influence who gets them and how well off people will be in work" (Tackling). The two key themes in the Government's active labor market policy are individualization of support to help people into work and the use of compulsion (Tackling). However, the Government has "introduced the toughest benefit penalties ever faced by unemployed people, and the extension of compulsion could distort an undermine the effectiveness of employment services" (Tackling). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Child poverty and its consequences: March 1999 - Ref 389. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 2005. Retrieved March 22 2006 from:http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/389.asp
• Jackson, George. 2005 November 29. The Derry Worst: Highest levels of child poverty in UK. The Mirror (London, England). Retrieved March 22 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
• Platt, Lucinda. 2003 June 23. Ethnicity and inequality: British children's experience of means-tested benefits. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Retrieved March 22 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
• Tackling child poverty in the UK: Background briefing and summary. Retrieved March 22 2006 from:http://www.cpag.org.uk/campaigns/endinsight_bkg.htm

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