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Title   Children First
Date   Autumn 1999
No.   Report No. 108

This report describes the items the National Council of Welfare believes should be part of the next budget. It is based largely on the work done by the Council since 1989 - the very year that the House of Commons passed a unanimous resolution to eliminate child poverty 2000. The proposal are outlined in the main part of the report and are restated in the 29 recommendations in the final chapter. The report is organized around the six main themes put forward in the discussion paper on the National Children's Agenda.

Press Release: A True Children's Budget or Window Dressing? Asks National Council of Welfare

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