The latest Households Below Average Income figures, published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), show that in 2008/09 2.8 million children were living in relative poverty before housing costs. This compares to 2.9 million in 2007/08.
The figures represent the first decline in child poverty rates since 2005. But according to the DWP inequality remains at "historically high levels".
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, was damning about the previous government's approach to tackling the issue.
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