According to a report recently published by Barnado's, the government is on track to fail to fulfill its own targets to halve child poverty by 2010.
Eight years ago, Tony Blair pledged to drastically reduce child poverty. While the number of children living in poverty steadily fell during the late '90s, the progress that had been made has now stalled and estimates suggest that the government need to earmark an extra £3.8billion to meet the targets that it set itself -- less than half of the cost of hosting the 2010 Olympics.
The report also claims that children in poverty suffer more health problems than their counterparts from more affluent families, attain worse examination results and are more likely grow into an adult life consisting of unemployment and debt. Since the NHS is currently facing an unparralleled budget crisis, which is only going to grow worse with out current population growth rates, surely it would make sense to invest the money and nip future problems in the bud?
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6682029.stm
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