Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
Education Committee
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Inquiry
Opened: 23 Jun 2026
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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 …
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3 Jun
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Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
14 Jul 2026
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Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
Elaine Squires · Department for Work and Pensions
James Wolfe · Department for Work and Pensions
Olivia Bailey MP · Department for Education
Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP · Home Office
1 Jul 2026
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Work and Pensions Committee
Caroline Rice · Changing Realities
Ella-Mae Michalski · Changing Realities
Jonathan Paul Roberts · Changing Realities
Rachel Luke · Changing Realities
Sahar Khan · Changing Realities
Samantha Richards · Changing Realities
Tayyaba Siddiqui · Changing Realities
3 Jun 2026
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Work and Pensions Committee
Annabel Smith · West of England Combined Authority
Azmina Siddique · The Children's Society
Beatrice Orchard · Trussell
Charis Chittick · One Parent Families Scotland
George Looker · Babyzone
Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz · Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium
Lynn Perry · Barnardo’s
Tom Drake · EFL in the Community
15 Apr 2026
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Work and Pensions Committee
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
24 Mar 2026
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Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
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)
Correspondence 1 letter
14 Apr 2026
To committee
Letter from the Children's Commissioner on Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy 31.03.26
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