What is in the UK government's child poverty strategy?

"This is the key plank of the strategy as it will have by far the biggest and fastest effect. The figures suggest that it will lift 300,000 children out of relative poverty by 2027, rising to 450,000 by 2031. The Resolution Foundation says there will simultaneously be some poverty-producing measures, such as the freeze in local housing allowance, but it still projected 300,000 fewer children living in poverty by the end of the parliament,"

"From September next year, more than half a million additional pupils in England will become eligible for free school meals if they come from a family in receipt of universal credit above the current 7,400 income cap. The existing provision already covers 2.1 million disadvantaged children. Estimates in the child poverty strategy suggest it will help lift 100,000 children out of poverty by 2028."

Major measures are projected to lift 300,000 children out of relative poverty by 2027, rising to 450,000 by 2031. The Resolution Foundation notes some simultaneous poverty-producing measures, such as the freeze in local housing allowance, but still projects 300,000 fewer children living in poverty by the end of the parliament. From September next year, more than half a million additional pupils in England will become eligible for free school meals if they come from families receiving universal credit above the current 7,400 income cap, adding to an existing 2.1 million beneficiaries and an estimated 100,000 children lifted from poverty by 2028. A pledge to provide free breakfast clubs for primary pupils is under way with offers from Weetabix, Morrisons and Sainsbury's for early adopter schools. An £8m pilot in 20 council areas will trial moving homeless families from temporary B&B accommodation into permanent homes within six weeks, alongside a new duty for councils to inform schools, GPs and health visitors when a child is placed in temporary accommodation.

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