Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 36791 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of national economic policies on addressing the root causes of child poverty.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 17 Mar 2025
Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The causes of child poverty are deep-roo...