Nursery World - Strategy 'falls short on tackling poverty'

Leading charity the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has praised the Government's ten-year strategy for its commitment to eliminating child poverty by investing in childcare - but says more must be done. The strategy, unveiled earlier this month, states that providing more support to families is fundamental to ending child poverty and expanding opportunities across generations. 'Ensuring parents with low earning power are able to access childcare and engage with the labour market is critical to helping families break cycles of poverty and disadvantage, and promoting social mobility,' the strategy document says.

The strategy, unveiled earlier this month, states that providing more support to families is fundamental to ending child poverty and expanding opportunities across generations. 'Ensuring parents with low earning power are able to access childcare and engage with the labour market is critical to helping families break cycles of poverty and disadvantage, and promoting social mobility,' the strategy document says.

Increasing childcare tax credits is a key element of the strategy, welcomed by CPAG chief executive Kate Green. She said, 'The increase in and extension of the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit will help low-earner families to meet more of their childcare costs. More must be done to increase take-up of this tax credit and administration must be simplified and improved.'

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