In His Beveridge Lecture on 18th March 1999 Tony Blair, Then Prime Minister, Made the Following Statement: “We Need to Break the Cycle of Disadvantage so That Children Born Into Poverty Are Not Condemned to Social
In his Beveridge Lecture on 18th March 1999 Tony Blair, then Prime Minister, made the following statement: “We need to break the cycle of disadvantage so that children born into poverty are not condemned to social exclusion and deprivation. That is why it is so important that we invest in our children”. Using this statement as your starting point, analyse and evaluate the progress that has been made in eradicating child poverty since New Labour came to power in 1997.”
Introduction
The aim of the essay is to analyse and evaluate the progress that has been made since New Labour came to power in 1997. Various academics have shown that the United Kingdom has enforced, since 1997 to 2012, successful eradicating measures against child poverty and child abuse. Smith (2008,p509) Moreover, social policy appears to define the policies which governments have created and the actions they have made to improve the well-being of members of the society especially the young and vulnerable. In relation to social policy, child poverty is a very complex issue as it affects many aspects of children’s lives and their development. Child abuse is another issue that affects the holistic development of a child; therefore this essay will acknowledge that governments seem to be tackling these two critical issues [children’s lives and their development]. The essay will also focus on the legal issues and social service reports on issues that have been raised since 1997. Subsequently these issues of child abuse and poverty will be explored in depth, in order to evaluate whether policies and laws are doing their best to eradicate social exclusion and deprivation in the society. To determine whether the outcome of the laws are effective, a variety of academic materials and resources will be used to support this research. This will include: books, journal articles, parliament reports, Acts of parliament and where possible comments of the social services and United Nations Convention on the
Introduction
The aim of the essay is to analyse and evaluate the progress that has been made since New Labour came to power in 1997. Various academics have shown that the United Kingdom has enforced, since 1997 to 2012, successful eradicating measures against child poverty and child abuse. Smith (2008,p509) Moreover, social policy appears to define the policies which governments have created and the actions they have made to improve the well-being of members of the society especially the young and vulnerable. In relation to social policy, child poverty is a very complex issue as it affects many aspects of children’s lives and their development. Child abuse is another issue that affects the holistic development of a child; therefore this essay will acknowledge that governments seem to be tackling these two critical issues [children’s lives and their development]. The essay will also focus on the legal issues and social service reports on issues that have been raised since 1997. Subsequently these issues of child abuse and poverty will be explored in depth, in order to evaluate whether policies and laws are doing their best to eradicate social exclusion and deprivation in the society. To determine whether the outcome of the laws are effective, a variety of academic materials and resources will be used to support this research. This will include: books, journal articles, parliament reports, Acts of parliament and where possible comments of the social services and United Nations Convention on the
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