This time over trying to redefine Child Poverty measurements without actually including house hold income as a measure.
Government loses major House of Lords vote to redefine child poverty | UK Politics | News | The Independent
Government loses major House of Lords vote to redefine child poverty | UK Politics | News | The Independent
The Government has suffered a major defeat in the House of Lords over its plans to change the way that child poverty is measured.
Peers voted 290 to 192 in favour of an amendment to that will force the Government to publish annual figures on income-related child poverty.
Ministers had wanted to scrap income-related measures and replace them with other indicators, including the numbers of children living in workless households.
The plans were opposed by child poverty charities, and have been challenged by the respected social mobility commission, chaired by former Labour minister Alan Milburn, which said last month that it was “not credible” to tackle child poverty without acknowledging “the most obvious symptom of poverty, lack of money”.
Peers voted 290 to 192 in favour of an amendment to that will force the Government to publish annual figures on income-related child poverty.
Ministers had wanted to scrap income-related measures and replace them with other indicators, including the numbers of children living in workless households.
The plans were opposed by child poverty charities, and have been challenged by the respected social mobility commission, chaired by former Labour minister Alan Milburn, which said last month that it was “not credible” to tackle child poverty without acknowledging “the most obvious symptom of poverty, lack of money”.
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