You may be aware that the Government is currently consulting on what factors should be used to measure child poverty. Currently, income is used to assess whether a child is in a family that is below the median income and…
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Tags: access to quality education, below the poverty line, BME communities, child poverty, Department for Education, family stability, income and material deprivation, parental health, parenting skill level, poor housing, Race Equality Foundation, Tracey Bignall, unmanageable debt, worklessness
News release from Voice4Change England on behalf of the Co-alition The Black and Minority Ethnic Voluntary and Community Sector Coalition deplore the likely decision to axe two key race equality experts from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Simon Woolley…
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