In addition to the milkman, there was a bakery truck who came around with fresh baked bread, although, this too, would soon disappear. On Tuesdays, the fish man came, early in the morning, with freshly caught fish packed in ice. It was first come, first served until the fish ran out, so it was not uncommon to see neighbors, still in nightclothes, running to get to the truck before all the fresh fish was gone. For other odds and ins that one might need, there was the neighborhood corner store. It was just one block from Grandma’s house and across one street. But, until I was nine, I was not allowed to go by myself because Grandma was afraid I might get hit by a car trying toof children. Although this government has lifted 600,000 children out of poverty since 1998, progress has stalled in recent years. This was the government's last chance to make the necessary investment to meet its own target of halving child poverty by 2010. This target is now almost certainly unachievable, which will also make it even harder to reach the long-term goal of ending child poverty by 2020. ippr suggested a series of measures ahead of the budget that place the burden of tax on the wealthiest people in society and the introduction of a carbon tax. The the package would benefit all but the wealthiest of individuals and families and would enable the government to meet its commitment to halve child poverty by 2010."

"EDCM welcome the measures announced