Work isn't working: Family, work and progression on a low income (opens in new tab)

Rising parental employment in recent decades has not translated into improved financial security for many low-income families, but the government’s new Child Poverty Strategy and its wider Get Britain Working agenda provide a strong foundation to change this.Supporting more working parents to progress in the labour market could, alongside social security, play an important role in driving progress on child poverty over the next decade. But this will only be realised if our social security, em...