There is a real risk that despite the legislation, the child poverty agenda slips out of focus given the abysmal state of public finances. The government's Fiscal Responsibility Bill is a source of conflict in that it provides a statutory basis to bring down the spiralling deficit. And, as we all know, efforts to combat child poverty require investment.
Indeed, the state of the economy might give the government of the day a convenient excuse for doing little. But the fact of the matter is that the relapse in poverty numbers (measured as 60 per cent of median income) predated the recession by a full two years. That excuse alone won't wash.
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