Government accused on child poverty - The Guardian 3rd December 2007

The Government's commitment to halving child poverty by 2010 appears in doubt because it has failed to explain what is doing to meet the target, MPs have said. A Treasury select committee report said it was worried "that the Government may have drawn back from a whole-hearted commitment to meeting this target". And it warned any backtracking would represent a "conscious decision to leave hundreds of thousands of children in poverty for longer than is necessary or desirable".

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