The government is currently consulting on the creation of a Child Poverty Bill, enshrining the 2020 promise in legislation. Leading the consultation are the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions.
However, Catherine Law, professor of public health and epidemiology at the University College London Institute of Child Health, told CYP Now: "With such a close association between child disadvantage and health, it is definitely the business of the Department of Health to take note of the effects of child poverty and work with their government partners to alleviate it."
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