That is the blunt message from three reports published last week by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, all highlighting changes that have helped low-income families such as falling unemployment, better school results and improved housing conditions.
In the report Monitoring Pover- ty and Social Exclusion 2002, researchers from the New Policy Institute reveal that out of 50 key indicators of poverty and social exclusion, 24 have improved over the past five years, while six have worsened. Poor households have benefited from higher spending on public services such as health and education.
But they warn that without further action 'the Government will have difficulty meeting its commitment to reduce child poverty by a quarter by 2004'. Co-author Guy Palmer, co-director of the New Policy Institute, said, 'The message for the Government from these indicators is that significant progress is being made in tackling social exclusion but there is still a long way to go.'
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