Child poverty affects about 29% of children in Wales: the Welsh and UK government’s are committed to eradicating it by 2020 but as progress towards this goal begins to stall it is far from clear what needs to be done to achieve the goal. This report, written for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reviews what has been done to date to tackle child poverty in Wales and considers what is needed over the next decade. It draws on work recently undertaken by JRF on child poverty in the UK, putting it in a Welsh context, and concludes that action to help parents into work, to improve education and training and shifts in the benefit system are all required.
The report is available in English and Welsh.