The new Minister for Young People, Paul Boateng, is to be the keynote speaker at a conference on child poverty and social exclusion next month.

Other speakers Children's Society conference on January 25 will include Gary Craig, Professor of social justice at the University of Hull and Chris Roberts, leader of Greenwich Council.

For more information contact Joanne Cottell on 020 7841 4411 or email: conference@the-childrens-society.org.uk