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Poverty tsar Frank Field plans own pilot project after coalition 'ignores report'https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/23/poverty-tsar-frank-field-ignored
Labour MP hopes to test anti-deprivation plan in Wirral after claiming coalition-commissioned report has been all but ignored<p>The government's poverty tsar, Frank Field, aims to implement his anti-deprivation plan in his own constituency, disappointed that the government has ignored the report it commissioned from him. He also revealed he has not even had a conversation with David Cameron about the project.</p><p>The Labour MP, who was appointed poverty adviser shortly after the coalition took power in 2010, delivered his <a href="http://www.frankfield.com/campaigns/poverty-and-life-changes.aspx" title="">Review on Poverty and Life Chances </a>in November that year. He now says he does not believe the prime minister has read the paper, and despite some "very pleasant meetings" with cabinet ministers about his recommendations, "nothing has been done about it".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/23/poverty-tsar-frank-field-ignored">Continue reading...</a>PovertySocial exclusionSocietyFrank FieldPoliticsChildrenLiberal-Conservative coalitionConservativesLiberal DemocratsUK newsSun, 23 Sep 2012 13:32:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/23/poverty-tsar-frank-field-ignoredPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesFrank Field, the poverty tsar, says the coalition has all but ignored his findings and plans to test his proposals in Wirral. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesFrank Field, the poverty tsar, says the coalition has all but ignored his findings and plans to test his proposals in Wirral. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesAmelia Gentleman2012-09-23T13:32:10ZPolitics Weekly podcast: Breadline Britain – does work pay?https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2012/jun/21/politics-weekly-podcast-breadline-britain
Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Matthew Oakley discuss the growing problem of in-work poverty and the political implications of an ever-squeezed middle class. Plus Ian Traynor on the latest news from Europe<p>A Guardian survey this week showed that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/19/breadline-britain-hungry-schoolchildren-breakfast">half of teachers had brought food in to schools for children who would otherwise go hungry</a>. Families earning up to £40,000 say they are struggling to provide for their children. </p><p>As <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/19/inflation-drops-oil-prices-slide">living costs rise</a> and wages remain stagnant the issue of poverty is affecting more and more people who are in employment. It's a group who are often forgotten by politicians who target unemployed people for either help or blame. But what are the political implications if playing by the rules and working hard is not enough to support a family?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2012/jun/21/politics-weekly-podcast-breadline-britain">Continue reading...</a>PoliticsSocietyPovertyUnemploymentWork & careersMoneyConservativesLabourEuroEuroBusinessGreeceFranceGermanyUK newsEurozone crisisEuropeThu, 21 Jun 2012 15:06:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2012/jun/21/politics-weekly-podcast-breadline-britainPhotograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianA foodbank in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianPhotograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianA foodbank in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianPresented by Tom Clark and produced by Phil Maynard2012-06-21T15:06:37Z