New Zealand mayor: Pay 'appalling underclass' not to breed... Nov 6, 2009
"I just find it such a disgraceful attitude,'' Child Poverty Action Group director Janfrie Wakim said. "It's hard to comprehend that an intelligent man who's leading a city is making such reprehensible suggestions. . (The Drudge Report)
More parents pay for appeals help Aug 28, 2009
Kate Green, of Child Poverty Action Group, said it would ultimately mean better schools and better academic results for the well-off. "Here's one more cost that will exclude some low-income families and advantage better-off families," she said. (BBC News -- UK)
'More pupils' to claim free meals Aug 11, 2009
Kate Green from the Child Poverty Action Group said the effects of the recession and job losses had built up gradually ... Kate Green, Child Poverty Action Group: "Good information for parents is important". (BBC News -- UK)
Warning of food price hike crisis Apr 4, 2009
Kate Green, of the Child Poverty Action Group, said that many families were buying less fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, and consuming more affordable tinned and packet food that was often higher in sugar, salt and fat. Government efforts had lifted 600,000 children out of poverty in the last 10 years, but one in three still lived below the poverty line, she said. (BBC News -- UK)
UK 'lags behind' in helping poor Mar 18, 2009
But the Child Poverty Action Group says that still leaves a shortfall of 700,000 on the goal set by former prime minister Tony Blair of halving child poverty by 2010 and wiping it out by 2020. It is calling on ministers not to abandon the targets in the face of the economic downturn. (BBC News -- UK)
