Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 36791

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 17 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of national economic policies on addressing the root causes of child poverty.

Answer

Alison McGovern

Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The causes of child poverty are deep-roo...

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