The claim
The last Labour government narrowly missed interim child poverty targets
Rating
Data shows that the Labour government’s interim targets to cut child poverty by 25% by the 2004/05 fiscal year and by 50% by 2010 were both missed.
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- [original] PA Media original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026