Written questions

Poverty: Liverpool Riverside

Commons · Question 67497 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of legally-binding poverty reduction targets as a mechanism to deliver change in Liverpool Riverside constituency.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 17 Jul 2025

This Government is committed to tackling Child Poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious child poverty strategy which we will publish in the autumn. The Taskforce will continue to explore all available levers to drive forward shor...