Child Poverty Bill

There may have been specific measures, but the Green Paper, Support for All, admits in the first sentence of the introduction: ""It is a little over 11 years since the last Government Green Paper about families was published"." While measures may have been taken on families in the interim, what the Government are admitting in this statement is that there has not been an overall strategic look at the issue within the process of a Green Paper, a White Paper and legislation since the beginning of their time in office. The Secretary of State, Ed Balls, admits that he feels that the Government have dropped the ball about families in the mean time.