In his Budget speech Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, promised to spend £765m next year, and £950m the year after to cut the number of children living in poverty. He said the cash will support initiatives that will raise 250,000 children out of poverty, on top of another 250,000 who will benefit from measures announced in the last year. Charities welcomed the news, which comes at a time when the government has little spare money to invest, but said...