The government's target to eradicate child poverty by 2020 is looking increasingly difficult to reach.
The coalition's child poverty strategy, published last April, underscores a desire to get people back into work and boost aspiration. But a range of polices pursued across government have led experts in the field to predict that more, not fewer children, are set to slip below the poverty line.
While some policy initiatives have attracted universal criticism across the children's and families sector, the potential impact of others is not so clear.
As political bargaining over the detail of legislation continues, CYP Now asks children's organisations to assess the impact of social policies on the fight to end child poverty.
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