Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 67156

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of legally-binding poverty reduction targets on the number of children living in poverty in Liverpool Riverside constituency.

Answer

Alison McGovern
This 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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