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Data casts doubt on child poverty goals

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 20 June 2007

The Government will achieve its 2010 targets of halving child poverty, economic secretary Ed Balls said last week, despite figures showing an increase in the number of families living below the poverty line....

The Government will achieve its 2010 targets of halving child poverty, economic secretary Ed Balls said last week, despite figures showing an increase in the number of families living below the poverty line. Mr Balls told the Daycare Trust conference that 600,000 fewer children are living in poverty thanks to Government initiatives aimed at making childcare affordable and 'making work pay'. He said 400,000 families are...

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