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Poverty: Children

Commons · Question 63857 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Eccles

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps is she taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce child poverty.

Answer

Answered by Darren Jones, 8 Jul 2025

The government is determined to tackle child poverty and will publish an ambitious strategy this autumn that will address its structural and root causes. As a downpayment on that strategy, we are expanding Free School Meals in England to all children with...