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Expanding childcare in Wales could loosen poverty’s grip on families

Expanding childcare in Wales could loosen poverty’s grip on families

6th Nov 2020
How sudden changes can leave us struggling to hold back the tide of poverty

How sudden changes can leave us struggling to hold back the tide of poverty

7th Feb 2020
The Poverty2Solutions team
Lived experience influencing policy – how we did it

Lived experience influencing policy – how we did it

7th Jan 2020
Salford Poverty Truth Commission
We need to influence culture to achieve lasting social change

We need to influence culture to achieve lasting social change

12th Sep 2018
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#IWD2018: time to loosen the grip of poverty on women in the UK

#IWD2018: time to loosen the grip of poverty on women in the UK

8th Mar 2018
Why it’s time to tell a new story about UK poverty

Why it’s time to tell a new story about UK poverty

22nd Jan 2018
UK Poverty 2017: the story behind the statistics

UK Poverty 2017: the story behind the statistics

11th Dec 2017
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We can become an unstoppable, coordinated movement to #solveukpoverty

We can become an unstoppable, coordinated movement to #solveukpoverty

8th Sep 2017
Social change: are we telling the wrong stories?

Social change: are we telling the wrong stories?

2nd Aug 2017
After the election, the Government needs to get to grips with poverty

After the election, the Government needs to get to grips with poverty

22nd May 2017
Helen Barnard
Our £7 billion childcare system needs fundamental reform to offer better life chances for all children

Our £7 billion childcare system needs fundamental reform to offer better life chances for all children

27th Jan 2016

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