'Wrong' - Save the Children responds to Gov't decision to scrap child poverty targets
Leading charity, Save the Children, responded to the Government's decision to bring forward legislation to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act, as well as the other duties and provisions.
Gareth Jenkins, Director of UK Poverty Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns said:
"Today’s decision is wrong.
The government has decided that the best way of combatting child poverty is not to re-double their efforts but to shift the goalposts.
The government is right to focus on work as a route out of poverty, but that means helping all families both in and out of work who currently cannot provide enough to raise a family. The announcement to enshrine in law reporting on how many disadvantaged children are falling behind at GCSE and focus on workless households would be useful additions to the Child Poverty Act, but they are not in any way adequate alternatives."
