Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee
Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
Status: Open
Opened: 29 Jan 2026
Members of the Education and Work and Pensions Select Committees have decided to undertake an inquiry that will consider how the Government can ensure it will deliver a successful Child Poverty Strategy. On 5 December 2025, the Government published its Child Poverty Strategy , which it estimates will lift 550,000 children out of poverty by …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Alun Francis OBE · Social Mobility Commission, Baroness Ruth Lister · Loughborough University, Carl Cullinane · Sutton Trust, Daniel Lilley · Centre for Social Justice, Dr Matt Barnes · City St George’s, University of London, Edward McPherson · WPI Economics, Professor Ruth Patrick · University of Glasgow | View ↗ |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Dame Rachel de Souza DBE · Children's Commissioner for England, Laura Hutchinson · Citizens Advice, Mr Henry Parkes · Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Priya Edwards · Save the Children UK, Thomas Cave · Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Children's Commissioner on Realising potential: Delivering the … |