Speaking in parliament, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said legislation will be brought forward to “remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act, as well as the other duties and provisions”.
In its place, the government would be given a statutory duty to report on measures of “worklessness” and “educational attainment”.
The worklessness measures will identify the proportion of children living in workless households, and the proportion of children in long-term workless households.
The educational attainment measures will focus on GCSE attainment for all pupils and for disadvantaged pupils.
Campaigners on child poverty have acted angrily to the announcement.
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