Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 624 · Tabled 18 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans for the taskforce on child poverty to make an assessment of the potential impact of ending the (a) the two-child benefit limit and (b) under-occupancy charge on levels of child poverty
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 24 Jul 2024
The new Ministerial Taskforce will drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy in line with the Opportunity Mission. After initial engagement, the formal work to develop the new ch...