Dan C

I think that the things already announced (the breakfast club trials and the change of free school meal eligibility) are good starts but neither are going to make a big difference to child poverty rates. It feels like the government are kicking the can down the road by delaying the strategy because they're going to bottle it and not do enough and they think they can hide this amongst all the other things that will be coming out in the autumn budget. The rates of child poverty in this country are far far too high and it costs the country in many ways to allow it to continue any longer than necessary. They need to make changes now. Six months is a long time in the life of a child growing up in poverty.