The new unit will bring together representatives from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Work and Pensions to develop policy with HM Treasury.
Secretary of state for Work and Pensions Peter Hain announced the unit's creation at a conference this week held by children's charity Barnardo's, whose policy advisor Neera Sharma will join the team for a year.
Mr Hain said that the Government believed that getting parents into work was 'the best route out of poverty'.
He said, 'The new Child Poverty Unit will spearhead the Government's fight against the blight of child poverty, bringing departments and stakeholders together so we can better build on the success that has already been achieved.'
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