Children: Poverty
The question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce inequalities experienced by children in poverty.
Answered by Bridget Phillipson
Tackling child poverty is a moral mission for this Government. Your background should not determine what you can go onto achieve in life
Our recently published landmark Child Poverty Strategy sets out the steps we are taking to reduce child poverty in the short term, as well as putting in place the building blocks we need to change the course we’re on and create long-term change
The Government is investing in the future of our children and introducing a fundamental change by removing the two child limit on Universal Credit. This will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, rising to around 550,000 alongside other measures set out in our Strategy, such as the expansion of free school meals. These interventions will lead to the largest expected reduction in child poverty over a Parliament since comparable records began.
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