The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has written to ministers with responsibility for the government’s Child Poverty Strategy, expected to be published tomorrow, warning them that their failure to comply with the act is unlawful.
Under the act, parliament required that the government publish a child poverty strategy no later than 25 March 2011, and that it establish an independent Child Poverty Commission to consult during preparation of the strategy.
The Child Poverty Strategy is due to be published tomorrow (5 April), alongside the Social Mobility Strategy, but the commission has not been established and consulted.
Alison Garnham, CPAG chief executive, said: "We are astonished to find the government flouting legal requirements set by parliament and which were supported by all the ministers responsible for the strategy when the legislation was passed.
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