Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 67157
Poverty
Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing legally-binding poverty reduction targets.
Answer
Alison McGovernThis Government is committed to tackling Child Poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious child poverty strategy which we will publish in the autumn. The Taskforce will continue to explore all available levers to drive forward shor...
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