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Interview: Make families stronger - Maria Miller, shadow minister for families

8 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

Maria Miller laments Labour's performance in office, claiming its record "doesn't stack up when you compare how much has been spent on supporting families and children and alleviating child poverty".

Interview: Pressure on the pledge - Stephen Timms, employment and welfare reform minister

1 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ever since Tony Blair made his pledge nine years ago to end child poverty by 2020, the government has been fairly vocal about the issue.

Analysis: Labour Party Conference - Labour ups bid to put children first

1 October 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Labour Party gathered for its annual conference in Manchester last week. Lauren Higgs reports on Gordon Brown's fight back and how policies on children fit in.

Child Poverty Special Report: The poverty trap

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ten years ago, Labour pledged to abolish child poverty within a generation. Over the next few pages, we examine the progress made so far. But first, Ruth Smith investigates how...

Child Poverty Special Report: Stuck on benefits

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

Five young women from a YWCA project in Kent talk candidly about their life on benefits. Ruth Smith reports.

Child Poverty Special Report: Sure start - has it reduced poverty?

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

It's nearly a decade since Labour launched its ambitious Sure Start programme to tackle child poverty. Chloe Stothart investigates the difference it's made.

Interview: Annette Brooke MP, children's spokeswoman, Liberal Democrats

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Liberal line on children.

Analysis: Lib Dem Conference - Lib Dems struggle to make a mark

24 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Liberal Democrats gathered in Bournemouth last week for their annual conference. But as Alison Bennett discovered, behind the headlines and big speeches, fresh ideas for children's and youth policy...

Social work pioneers

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

It's six months since eleven local authorities started testing new ways of delivering social work. So what's changed? Mathew Little investigates.

Interview: More than just a name - Clare Tickell, chief executive, Action for Children

17 September 2008, Children & Young People Now

NCH is dead. Long live Action for Children. This week, after 139 years of working under the National Children's Home or NCH banner, the charity changed its name.