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31 Jan 2025
Q&A

Dotty G

What would a successful Child Poverty Strategy look like?

For me, a successful child poverty strategy would be a multi-faceted approach which would directly tackle low incomes, increase minimum wage, and increase benefits.

In addition to this, I think a successful child poverty strategy would also involve initiatives that would improve access to affordable housing, healthcare, education and childcare, all of which are factors that are, in my opinion, increasing child poverty in the UK at present.

In relation to this, a successful child poverty strategy, to me, would also need to explore and address the underlying causes of poverty in the first place - such as possibly providing financial literacy training and providing better employment opportunities for families on low incomes.

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Changing Realities (2023), Dotty G. https://changingrealities.org/e/su68z (31 Jan 2025)
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