The document, which was published today, aims to tackle the root causes of poverty and build on the first strategy, published in 2011, by focusing on supporting families into work, improving living standards and raising attainment, in an attempt to meet the Government’s pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
Actions set out in the strategy include:
According to Government figures, a child in a workless family is three times as likely to live in poverty compared to a family where at least one parent is employed.
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said, ‘Work remains the best route out of poverty and with the economy now growing again we have more people in work than ever before, as well as fewer children in workless households than at any time since records began. These children now not only have a wage-earner in the household, but perhaps even more importantly, they also have a role model to look up to.’
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