December 02, 2008
Tuesday
Working lone parents would lift 300,000 children out of officially defined poverty
A notable extract from today's report by Professor Gregg on welfare reform. The report was commissioned by the government.
...if lone parents had the same employment rate as the overall population some 300,000 children would be lifted out of poverty. Furthermore, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among children aged 5-15 in families whose parents have never worked is almost double that of children whose parents are in low-skilled jobs.
Here is a link to the report.
Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in Welfare benefits
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James,
Off-topic, but any thoughts on the Baby P case? This article by Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh seems to suggest that even a state-run social services department manned by saints would succumb to institutional failings, letting down those in its care in the process (though she doesn't offer much in the way of practical remedies, other than that they "must be sorted out").
Is there a better way of addressing the widespread dysfunctionality of so many modern British families? The state is unlikely to succeed in putting back together the bits of society that it broke in the first place, but who else can?
Posted by: Yaffle at December 2, 2008 01:05 PM