Monday, October 29, 2007

Child Poverty Unit

Should the new Child Poverty Unit focus on why 69% of UK Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin live in poverty yet have the highest number of live births per female by age 45 at 4.0 and 3.7 !?!
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Mark Wadsworth said...

It's because of the baby bonus.

If you are in a workless household, you get an extra £120 a week if you have two kids*.

As opposed to a single earner/average wage couple, who get £24 extra if they have two kids.

I covered it here.

*The figure may be slightly different for an unemployed couple, I admit, but you get the gist.

11:29 am
Roger Thornhill said...

People bleat about child poverty, but seem happy to let parents bring children into that world of poverty.

Q: Who's responsibility is it? The State, or the parents?

A: The latter.

3:55 pm

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