More than two million children are living in deprivation but are not classed as being in poverty according to government measurements, a leading think-tank has said. A report by Policy Exchange said the current target does not take into account so-called “social poverty” indicators such as whether a child has been in the care system or its parents have a criminal conviction. Matthew Oakley, head of economics and social policy at Policy Exchange, said: “The current measure of child poverty needs changing. Simply assessing whether a child is in poverty on the basis of household income fails to take into consideration a number of serious issues. It leads us to think we are improving outcomes for children when in fact they can still be living severely deprived lives.”
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