{"id":9370,"date":"2011-03-25T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2011-03-25T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:27:47","slug":"the-government-cant-be-bothered-about-child-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/03\/25\/the-government-cant-be-bothered-about-child-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"The government can’t be bothered about child poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Hansard, yesterday:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kate Green<\/strong><\/a> (Stretford and Urmston, Labour): <\/small><\/p>\n

Can the Leader of the House<\/a> ensure that we have a statement next week on the Government's child poverty strategy? Under the Child Poverty Act 2010 the Government are required to publish such a strategy by tomorrow, yet in a written answer from the Minister<\/a> with responsibility for disabled people earlier this week, I was informed that she has not yet even seen fit to appoint the commission that is intended to advise on such a strategy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The reply?<\/p>\n

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George Young<\/strong><\/a> (Leader of the House of Commons, House of Commons; North West Hampshire, Conservative<\/small><\/p>\n

<\/small>The hon. Lady has made a valid point, which has been addressed in a written ministerial statement. I know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State<\/a> for Work and Pensions will want to regularise the position as soon as he can, and I will ensure that he informs the House in the near future of how he proposes to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Or in other words - the government does not care about child poverty.<\/p>\n

Their actions tell of their sentiment.<\/p>\n

And it's a shocking indictment of their priorities: cutting corporation tax for companies using tax havens matters. Children in poverty don't.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Hansard, yesterday: Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston, Labour): Can the Leader of the House ensure that we have a statement next week on the
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