Work and Pensions Committee: Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
Committee hears from witnesses
The Work and Pensions Committee is taking oral evidence on the government's Child Poverty Strategy and how it will be delivered in practice. This inquiry examines the policies and measures the Labour government is implementing to reduce child poverty and improve outcomes for disadvantaged families, focusing on the tension between ambition and realistic delivery of the strategy.
Child poverty affects millions of children across the UK and has serious long-term consequences for health, education, and employment prospects. This inquiry is nationally significant because it holds government to account on delivering its flagship commitment to tackle child poverty, with real implications for family incomes and child welfare across all regions.
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