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By Anushree Parekh
On 20 October 2011
We launched our third London’s Poverty Profile report today. It looks at a range of indicators of poverty and disadvantage, from low income to ill health, covering housing, education and...
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By Tom MacInnes
On 29 March 2011
Yesterday Education Secretary Michael Gove announced his plans for replacing the Educational Maintenance Allowance. While better than may have been expected, it still takes too narrow a view of who...
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By Tom MacInnes
On 07 February 2011
Last month parliament voted to scrap the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA). The coalition government wants to replace EMA with something more targeted. Yet EMA is better targeted, and cheaper,...
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By Tom MacInnes
On 14 January 2011
The latest detailed GCSE results, published this week, received more attention than the figures normally do. These 2010 results emphasised a different measure from previous years, and included a new,...
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By Tom MacInnes
On 22 November 2010
In October, we sent a submission to the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, led by Frank Field MP. The Review posed three questions:
What constitutes child poverty in modern...
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