Child Poverty

Part of 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 14 November 2017.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 2:23, 14 November 2017

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has calculated that in Wales we will see a spike of 7 per cent in the rate of increase in child poverty, which obviously is statistically huge. We know that those on working-age benefits are seeing a real cut in the amount of money they get to live off. What do you think can be done to mitigate the policies of the UK Government, which obviously are not of our making, but what can we in Wales do to try and mitigate the appalling impact that this is likely to have on children in this situation?