The article reports on an attempt made by the government of Great Britain to reduce the level of TV activity promoting its Child Trust Fund. In 2005/2006, the government spent &�4.3m on promoting the Child ...
The Child Trust Fund or 'baby bond' will give an asset, which will be made available to spend in early adulthood, to all children at birth. The Saving Gateway will give lower-income households a strong incentive to put funds into their account by providing a government match for personal ...
Research by The Carnegie UK Trust in 2012 shows that Scots still love libraries, with over three-quarters believing they are either very important or essential to their community, with 61% reporting having used a library at least once in the last year – a higher figure than any other part ...
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2013). What is child abuse and neglect? Recognizing the signs and symptoms. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, Retrieved from https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/whatiscan/ World Health Organization. (...
Dubbed "baby bonds", the Child Trust Fund is part of the Government's on-going drive to eradicate child poverty which would see the state give poorer children a fund of up to pounds 500 at birth. The fund would be topped up with further payments at age five, 11 and 16 to give a...
“all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or ...
The Child Trust Fund and the Saving Gateway The Labour Party manifesto commits the Government to introducing two new 'asset-based welfare' policies during the current parliament. The Child Trust Fund or 'baby bond' will give an asset, which will be made available to spend in early... C Emm...
The Coalition Government, which came to power in the UK in 2010, abolished thetwo flagship asset-based welfare policies which had previously been introduced bythe Labour Government. These were the Child Trust Fund and the Saving Gateway, both of which had been demonstrated to increase savings, ...
The article discusses the British government's pre-Budget report for 2006 with specific reference to the Child Trust Fund initiative that was launched in April 2005. It refers to the views of...
The Saving Gateway and the Child Trust Fund: Is asset-based welfare 'well fair'? The 2001 Labour Party manifesto committed the government to introducing a 'Child Trust Fund' and a 'Saving Gateway' in the current parliament. This Commentary assesses these two policy proposals. It looks for ...