Over the past 20 years the incidence of relative poverty among Britain's children has tripled. These changes are … households with children with no working adult. The Labour Government has responded by adopting as a policy objective ending … child poverty by 2020. Initial steps toward this end include increasing direct financial support to families with children …

children may only encourage a small number of low income lone parents to return to work. …Childcare costs are often viewed as one of the biggest barriers to work, particularly among lone parents on low incomes …. Children in England are typically eligible to start school - and thus access a number of hours of free public education - on 1 …