Member

Of course targets can be reversed by a Government of a different political persuasion, as we saw with the abolition of the Child Poverty Act 2010 in 2016, but so can any measures taken by the Government, including, as the Opposition have made clear, abolition of the heinous two-child limit. Surely that is not an argument for the Government not doing the right thing. Statutory targets are a way of demonstrating to the electorate this Government’s intent and their belief in their own strategy. A refusal to set clear targets could be interpreted as a lack of belief and of commitment to accountability.