I have just asked the Minister about the effect of the Pre - Budget Report and the Comprehensive Spending Review on our efforts to end Child Poverty in Wales. Save the Children have said that the changes to Child Tax Credits announced by the Chancellor yesterday equates to a miserly 48p rise per week for each child living in poverty, and that at this rate it will take decades to meet the 2020 pledge.
Considering how essential the benefits system and fiscal power in general is to tackling child poverty, it is obvious that policies pursued in Westminster will make it difficult to address the problem in Wales. Now I appreciate that the previous WAG Administration has set its own criteria in relation to child poverty, but the reality is unless we increase wealth levels in our poorest communities, via redistribution, it is arguable whether we are going to make any real meaningful progress.
If child poverty was such a priority for Labour at Westminster you would think that instead of trying to shoot the Tory fox by raising the threshold of inheritance tax, they would have made more progress on increasing the wealth levels of children living in poverty. When it comes to priorities for Labour in London it is clear that middle England comes first, not those who desperately need help.
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