The Child Poverty Action Group have welcomed the news of a fall in child poverty - but warned that the government's policies are likely to push it back up again.

New analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that the coalition's budget has hit the poorest families the hardest, especially those with children.

The Child Poverty Action Group have criticised a government plan to pay 'bounties' to credit reference agencies that help to expose benefit fraud.

The health gap between the richest and poorest in Britain is now wider than it was during the great depression, according to researchers from Sheffield and Bristol Universities. The figures reflect a similar growth in economic inequality.