Figures released last week show that the initial target was narrowlymissed with a reduction of 23 per cent before housing costs werededucted.
But ministers highlighted their success in lifting 800,000 children outof poverty since 1997.
Work and pensions secretary John Hutton said: "We have not quite reachedour first target on child poverty, but we remain committed to the goalof eradicating poverty within a generation. Now we must redouble ourefforts to achieve our goal."
Save the Children called the Government's failure to hit the target"devastating for the future of the poorest children".
- www.dwp.gov.uk
- See Opinion, p17.
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