Professor Rosalind Edwards, University of Southampton
Thanks for taking this initiative.
Rosalind Edwards
Professor of Sociology
Social Sciences Director of Research and Enterprise
Follow me on Twitter: @RosEdwards2
See the history of support for families in the UK unfold before your eyes!
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/383900/The-Work-of-the-Charity-Organisation-Society/
The International Journal of Social Research Methodology - a forum for high quality and cutting edge methodological debates and discussions http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13645579.asp @IJSRM
________________________________________
From: Social-Policy is run by SPA for all social policy specialists [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Kitty Stewart [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 February 2016 09:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: letter to the Times about child poverty measures
Dear Colleagues,
The Commons will be debating the Welfare Reform and Work Bill again next week, including the Lords amendment which would retain the existing suite of child poverty measures. The End Child Poverty campaign think it would be very helpful to have a letter from academics on this subject in the Times or the Telegraph on Monday, to keep this in the public eye as far as possible.
I have drafted the letter below, and started gathering signatures. Those who have agreed to sign so far are listed below the letter. If anyone else would like to sign, please email me (preferably today, Thursday!) with your title and institution. My email address is [log in to unmask]
Many thanks and best wishes
Kitty
TEXT OF LETTER
This week the House of Commons will decide whether to persist in abolishing the UK’s child poverty measures, replacing them with ‘life chances’ measures of worklessness and educational attainment. We urge the government to listen to the Lords and retain the existing measures, keeping income and material deprivation at the heart of child poverty measurement.
Research shows conclusively that income has a causal effect on child development: children in poor households do less well in part because of low family income. Worklessness is an inadequate proxy for children’s circumstances: two-thirds of UK children in poverty live with a working adult.
A recent government consultation showed overwhelming support for the current measures from academics, local authorities, frontline services and others. Just 1% of respondents supported removing income from poverty measurement.
Wider indicators of children’s well-being are welcome and important, but should not come at the expense of the existing poverty measures, which are vital to our ability to track the impact of economic and policy change.
SIGNATURES SO FAR
Dr Kitty Stewart, LSE
Professor Sir John Hills, LSE
Dr Tania Burchardt, LSE
Dr Polly Vizard, LSE
Professor Stephen Jenkins, LSE
Professor Lucinda Platt, LSE
Kerris Cooper, LSE
Professor Ruth Lupton, University of Manchester
Professor Ruth Lister, University of Loughborough
Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York
Professor Holly Sutherland, University of Essex
Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath
Fran Bennett, University of Oxford
Professor John Veit-Wilson, University of Newcastle
Professor Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol
Professor Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham
Dr Rod Hick, University of Cardiff
Dr Martin Evans, LSE Research Associate
Professor Robert Walker, University of Oxford
Professor David Gordon, University of Bristol
Professor Donald Hirsch, University of Loughborough
Professor Michael Tomlinson, Queens University Belfast
Professor Tess Ridge, University of Bath
Professor Adrian Sinfield, University of Edinburgh
Professor Nick Bailey, University of Glasgow
Stewart Lansley, University of Bristol
|