Three policies to reduce child poverty this parliament
This briefing sets out which children are at greatest risk of such severe and acute poverty, and what a child poverty strategy must include to address it.
Andrew provides statistics and insight for JRF’s Economists on poverty and the labour force. He specialises in analysis using the DWP’s Households Below Average Income and the ONS’s Labour Force Survey. He has been a key contributor to all of JRF’s UK Poverty reports.
Email: andrew.wenham@jrf.org.uk
X: @AnalysisAndrew
This briefing sets out which children are at greatest risk of such severe and acute poverty, and what a child poverty strategy must include to address it.
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