CYP Now - Government publishes first details of 10-year child poverty strategy

The Cabinet Office has laid out its long-term strategy to tackle child poverty in the UK.

The Bill has been introduced in parliament. Picture: Adobe Stock

The strategy will span 10 year with long-term and short-term goals - Adobe Stock

In its Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy report, the Cabinet Office highlights that in 2022/23, 800,000 children were living in a household using a food bank within the past 12 months and three million children were living in material deprivation.

The report cites barriers to employment for parents living in disadvantaged households and the cost-of-living crisis as key factors in rising child poverty rates.

It was published following the announcement of a child poverty taskforce led by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall.

It states that: “Our focus is on bringing about an enduring reduction in child poverty in this parliament, as part of a 10-year strategy for lasting change, thereby reversing the trend that is seeing forecasts of child poverty continuing to increase.

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