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Report claims welfare policy creates poverty trap.
(From Guardian Unlimited)
A key government policy meant to get people back to work is keeping families stuck in a poverty trap, according to a hard-hitting report submitted to the government which calls for "family-focused" employment services.
Lisa Harker of the Child Poverty Action Group was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to examine how the government could hit its target of eradicating child poverty by 2020.
Ms Harker said that forcing unemployed parents to take the first job going under the Welfare to Work programme could prove counterproductive for those living in poverty, which is defined as households living on incomes 60% below the average.
"A system which encourages parents to take any job rather than one that offers them good long-term prospects, or leads to parents 'cycling' between jobs and being out of work is neither efficient nor effective in tackling child poverty," Ms Harker warned.
Nearly half of all children in poverty live in a families where someone is already in employment, but on a low wage, according to the report, entitled Delivering on child poverty: what would it take?
The problems are particularly acute in certain groups. Around one in 10 lone parents leave work each year; more than double the number of parents who are in relationships.
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