1 in 6 kids in workless households; JOBS.ALMOST two million children are living in homes where no one works. The number, equivalent to one in six youngsters, is at its highest in nine years, up by 170,000 in the past 12 months. Kate Green, head of the Child Poverty Action Group, called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to pledge help for families in the pre-Budget report In the United Kingdom, the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) is one of the two economic forecasts that HM Treasury is required to deliver to Parliament each year, the other being the annual Budget. this autumn. She said: "Families are in danger of spiralling into debt." There are 3.3 million UK households where no one of working age has a job, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed yesterday. Shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May For the British glamour model and porn actor, see . Theresa Mary May (born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, on October 1 1956 as Theresa Mary Brasier) is a British politician, former chairman of the Conservative Party, and Member of Parliament for Maidenhead. said: "It is scandalous." Employment minister Jim Knight James Knight known as Jim Knight (born 6 March 1965, Bexley) is a British politician for the Labour Party who has been a Member of Parliament since 2001. As of June 2007 Knight holds the post of Minister of State for Schools and Learners in the Department for Children, said the Government is investing an extra pounds 5billion to get people back into work. |
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