Despite escaping one major ambush, Lord Freud cannot have been looking forward to Amendment 59, moved by the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds. A short amendment; Clause 94, page 63, line 25, after “benefits” insert “with the exclusion of child benefit” it addressed issues of child poverty, as the Bishop noted, The Government’s assessment of

A report confirms that over 11,000 meet the legal definition of a child in poverty, according to The Campaign to End Child Poverty. John Denham's Southampton Itchen constituency has been singled out as having the highest number of children living in poverty in Hampshire. Mr Denham said; "There's no magic answer, but the actions of this Tory-led Government won't help. By making &poun...

Action is needed to tackle "shameful" levels of child poverty in parts of Scotland, campaigners urge.

Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said in response to comments from the government’s child poverty adviser Alan Milburn that the Government should ‘come clean’ and admit that it ‘will not meet its child poverty target’:

It’s been said that Margaret Thatcher’s governments did two things for poverty. First they increased it. Then they pretended it did not exist. As Alan Milburn prepares to makes his first speech as the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty on Tuesday, his task will be to help the Coalition avoid a similar,

Iain Duncan Smith says tackling child poverty by boosting family income through benefits is too narrow and "looks set to have failed".

Giving more money to poor families will not help the issue of child poverty because feckless parents will spend it on themselves, Iain Duncan Smith warned on Thursday night.

Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said:

The announcement to cut international aid and ditch the Child Poverty Act has satiated rightwingers but many demand supply-side reform

The Children's Commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are warning that child poverty could rise.