Child Poverty

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 1 July 2019.

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Photo of Emma Dent Coad Emma Dent Coad Labour, Kensington

Summer holidays are fast approaching, and far too many families will be struggling to feed their children. The Childhood Trust states that two thirds of London children living in poverty—that will be 2,000 in Kensington—could go hungry without access to charitable donations. While the Mayor’s Fund for London supports hungry children across the capital, what is the Minister doing, long term, to tackle the causes of child poverty, including in-work poverty?