Child Poverty Taskforce 2024-10-07
2024-10-07
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The child poverty taskforce is a new initiative aiming to address the issue of child poverty in the UK. Previous attempts at reducing child poverty have been made, but challenges remain.
What steps she is taking to progress the work of the child poverty taskforce.
Tackling child poverty is a top priority for the new Government, and a personal priority for me. Children cannot fulfil their potential without food in their belly or a decent roof over their head, and we cannot fulfil our potential as a country when the talents of so many are left behind.
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Steps being taken to progress the work of the child poverty taskforce were not explicitly detailed.
Tackling Child Poverty Is A Top Priority
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Previous attempts to reduce child poverty have faced challenges, particularly with housing costs and the necessity of job creation.
How will the taskforce ensure that lessons, including on the role of housing costs in driving up relative poverty and the necessity of growth to drive down absolute poverty, will be learnt from previous attempts to drive down child poverty?
My hon. Friend makes a very important point about learning the lessons from the last time we were in government and lifted more than 600,000 children out of poverty, and looking at similarities and differences, not least that there are more children growing up in poverty in households, whether in the private rented sector or in social housing, and that there are more children growing up poor in a household where somebody works.
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Specific actions to ensure lessons are learned were not detailed.
Very Important Point About Learning The Lessons
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The two-child cap and benefit cap impact families with more children, contributing to child poverty.
How can the Government lift thousands of children out of poverty overnight by removing the two-child cap and benefit cap?
I am under no illusion about the impact 14 years of the Conservatives and the social security system has had on child poverty. That is why we are determined to take action across government to increase family incomes, drive down costs and, crucially, put in place long-term support, particularly in the early years.
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Immediate actions to lift children out of poverty were not detailed.
Under No Illusion About The Impact
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