In Comprehensive Spending Review 2007: what it needs to deliver on child poverty, published online last week, the CPAG calls for good-quality childcare that is free at the point of delivery, both to allow parents to work and to give all children gains in development. It says that high childcare costs and inadequate supply affect the poorest families hardest, with deprived wards having about half the national average numbers of childcare places.
CPAGchief executive Kate Green said, 'The spending review really is make-or-break for meeting the target to halve child poverty by 2010. It can be done, but without the extra investment for those children who are at greatest risk of poverty, the UK's 3.4 million children who live below the poverty line will be let down and left on the margins.'
To view the report visit www.cpag.org.uk.