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Child Poverty Taskforce

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 40099

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on the work of the Child Poverty Task Force.

Answered by Alison McGovern

Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy and is exploring levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, reducing essential costs, increasing financial resilience, and better local support especially in the early years.

As part of the Strategy's development, the Taskforce is considering the potential impact of policies across government on child poverty.

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