Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:56 pm on 14 June 2023.
The upcoming refresh to the child poverty strategy scheduled for autumn this year presents an opportunity to really think ambitiously about the ways that this long-standing issue can be tackled. It is, of course, a responsibility that will cut across Government budgets and a variety of portfolios. Now, with local government settlements stretched, charities such as Barnardo’s Cymru are calling for the Welsh Government to ring-fence funding for local authorities directed at supporting children in poverty, as well as further investment in local government-administered services such as Flying Start and Families First. So, with the renewed strategy around the corner, have you discussed with the Minister for Social Justice whether additional resources will be allocated and ring-fenced for measures such as these?