Policy paper

Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty

Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.

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Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty

Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty

Our Children, Our Future: Tackling child poverty [audio version]

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Alternative formats

If you need alternative accessible formats, you can order the following:

  • a printed copy of the easy read version
  • a Braille version
  • a large print 20 point version
  • an audio CD

The formats listed above can be requested by:

Email: childpoverty.secretariat@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

The Child Poverty Strategy sets out how government will deliver on its commitment to tackle child poverty and give children the best start in life across the UK. Shortly after the election, the Prime Minister set up the Child Poverty Taskforce to bring together government and experts who were tasked with exploring how government could use all its available levers to drive down child poverty.

This document sets out how government, working with others, will go about tackling the root causes and alleviate the symptoms of child poverty in this parliament and beyond.

Updates to this page

Published 5 December 2025
Last updated 13 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Added accessible versions: child friendly, easy read, audio, British Sign Language, and Welsh.

  2. Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty PDF, HTML and large print updated to include reference to 'the National Lottery Community Fund, Pears Foundation, City Bridge Foundation and the Hunter Foundation' as part of Communities for Children

  3. An accessible version of 'Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty' has been added to the page.

  4. Updated with Large Print version of 'Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty'

  5. Information has been added about future availability of accessible versions of 'Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty'.

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