Child Poverty Bill

The government has announced its intention to enshrine into law its pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.

The Queen’s Speech announced the government’s aim to end child poverty within a generation, by tackling the causes and the consequences of poverty.

Labour claimed that the fact that some children living in this country still lacked basic living standards was “unacceptable”.

They stated that ending child poverty was the responsibility of all, and one of the biggest challenges facing the country.

Labour has already taken some steps to reverse poverty levels, with 600,000 children lifted out of relative income poverty since 1998-99.

But the Child Poverty Bill intends to create a “new impetus” to deliver the government’s commitment.

The legislation is intended to work across all government departments to find a long term solution to child poverty.