Child Poverty Action Group – Hackney Citizen

MP and law centre speak out on suffering caused by bungled Concentrix tax credits contract

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 January 2017 at 12:35

Child Poverty Action Group also adds its voice to chorus of criticism of HM Revenue and Customs’ flawed outsourcing arrangement

New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 1 September 2016 at 15:22

Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action group, Alison Garnham

Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures

Benefits claimants face spike in ‘aggressive and intimidating’ bailiffs over unpaid council tax

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 15 August 2016 at 17:23

Credit cards HCLC

New figures show council using greater number of enforcement agents to recover debt from residents already on council tax support

Scrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 December 2015 at 14:22

Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’

Bailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 21 August 2015 at 10:47

Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments