Child poverty unit plan unveiled
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Ministers unveil plans for a Child Poverty Unit aimed at meeting their target of halving child poverty by 2010.
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Media & professional: From child poverty to reading skills, can Gordon's Brown's ambitious plans to promote the 'wellbeing, safety and care' of young people work?
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Policy to be implemented this month aims to protect children from violence and sexual content
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A housing project near Manchester represents a pocket of poverty, social deprivation and alienation that is common across Britain.
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The state is failing children in care as most leave without any qualifications, a report by a think tank says.
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Thousands of children across Australia are to be weighed, measured and interviewed about their diet under a national plan to tackle obesity, the government said.
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Compulsory community service for the sake of social cohesion is suggested in a government report.
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ROME - Extreme poverty threatens the lives of more than a billion children around the world, according to a report from the United Nations children&#39;s agency.
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The United Nations Children&#39;s Fund released its annual report that showed that at least one billion children, half of the world&#39;s population of children, suffer from poverty, violent conflict and the scourge of AIDS.
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OTTAWA - Federal and provincial officials hope to lay the groundwork for a national early childhood education and child-care program when they meet in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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The state is failing children in care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning
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Young offenders could serve their custodial sentences in children's homes, under Home Office plans.
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The state of the anti-truancy strategy in England will be under review as latest figures are published.
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Plans to improve the way access to children is handled when parents divorce are due to be announced by ministers.
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Proposals to help poor countries work their own way out of debt are being published by a Tory policy group.
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The World Bank this morning is scheduled to release a report from its Independent Evaluation Group examining how effective bank programs have been over the past decade in relieving poverty. Details to come.