Criticism of Child Support Agency

Title

Criticism of Child Support Agency

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

17 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Marc de Leuw Drivetime show report on the conference being held by the Child Poverty Action Group today in Holloway, London, which launches a study criticising the Child Support Agency one year after it was formed for pushing more single parent families into poverty. Includes comment from anti-CSA campaign protesters outside; co-author of the study Emma Knight arguing the thinking behind the CSA was to make Treasury savings; Social Security Minister Alistair Burt on idea behind the CSA.

Contributors

Alistair Burt; Marc De Leuw; Emma Knight

Keywords

London; Social security; Demonstrations; Conferences; Children (age group); Poverty; Child Support Agency; One parent families; Drivetime (radio programme); Holloway; Child Poverty Action Group

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