Thread by @CPAGUK

In the year when child poverty was set to have been ended, we’ve published an important new book on what we can learn from previous efforts to reduce #childpoverty and what we now need to do to end it for good. cpag.org.uk/shop/cpag-titl…

Called “2020 Vision: Ending child poverty for good”, the book is a collection of incisive contributions from: @alisongcpag & Tom Lee on progress in tackling child poverty and where we’ve gone backwards; @ProfJBradshaw on how child poverty compares in different European countries;

.@TorstenBell and Cara Pacitti of @resfoundation on rising child poverty, wage stagnation and working families; @millar_jane and Tess Ridge of @UniofBath on poverty, work and lone mothers; @MikeBrewerEcon on what needs to happen to financial support for children;

.@jdportes of @KingsCollegeLon on measuring poverty and targets; @Gmain1 of @UniversityLeeds on children’s and families’ experiences of poverty; @DianaSkelton and @paul_dornan on harnessing expert knowledge to understand poverty and identify what needs to change;

.@omaromalleykhan of @RunnymedeTrust on understanding and responding to ethnic minority child poverty; @kittyjstewart of @CASE_LSE on child poverty and Brexit; Naomi Eisenstadt and @CareyOppenheim on Sure Start and early childhood; Fran Bennett and Ruth Lister on universalism;

.@karenjclaing and @plizt of @UniofNewcastle on schools and child poverty; David Taylor-Robinson and Davara Bennett of @livuninews on children’s health inequalities; @pollyn1 of @Shelter on poverty and housing; @BuckleAlan on taxation; @sophiekhowes on reforming social security;

John Dickie of @CPAGScotland on what we can learn from Scotland; @LizzieFlew on the need for a new child poverty strategy; and @jacindaardern and Dr Kristie Carter on child poverty reduction in New Zealand.

The book is edited by @josietucker, with a foreword by @OfficeGSBrown: “It is about justice for all – and about hope”. cpag.org.uk/shop/cpag-titl…