Since Labour came to power 600,000 children have been lifted from poverty but to hit the target another 900,000 would need to be removed from poverty by 2010. The government has pledged to abolish child poverty completely within a generation.
Speaking at a Save The Children fringe event at the Labour Party conference last week, Brennan said: "There is no point setting easy targets. We have to set challenging targets and take criticism if we aren't able to hit them. I can't tell you for certain if we will hit this target because it is such a difficult, challenging target and a moving target." Children's charities and the End Child Poverty campaign have called on the government to invest £4bn a year between now and 2010, saying that is the only way the objective will be achieved.
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