In the paper, UNICEF UK makes recommendations to the Scottish Government to ensure that its child poverty strategy maximizes progress towards ‘eradicating’ child poverty in the UK by 2020. The paper also includes background on child poverty in Scotland as well as recommendations for priority areas for action for the Scottish Government. clickity click click!

Eurochild urges the European Commission to propose an overall EU target for the eradication of poverty, including a specific target related to child poverty. This synthesis report draws on the analysis carried out by Eurochild members of the national action plans for social inclusion (NAPs/inclusion) 2008-2010.