The Prime Minister has appointed leads of a new ministerial taskforce to begin work on the Child Poverty Strategy.
- New ministerial taskforce to hit the ground running on delivering the child poverty strategy
- Taskforce to be led by Work & Pensions Secretary and Education Secretary
- Comes after Work and Pensions Secretary meets with leading charities and campaigners to hear how they can shape the strategy
The Prime Minister has today [Wednesday 17 July] appointed the Work & Pensions Secretary and the Education Secretary as the joint leads of a new ministerial taskforce to begin work on the Child Poverty Strategy.
A new Child Poverty Unit in the Cabinet Office – bringing together expert officials from across government as well as external experts – will report into the taskforce. The new unit will explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government to create an ambitious strategy.
Recognising the wide-ranging causes of child poverty, Secretaries of State from across government will take part in this work, with the first meeting set to take place in the coming weeks.
In the immediate term, the taskforce is expected to consider how we can use levers related to household income as well as employment, housing, children’s health, childcare and education to improve children’s experiences and chances at life.
