Child poverty figures: Ministers consult on changes
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been explaining why ministers are seeking a new definition of child poverty.
Currently, children are deemed to be living in poverty if their family income is less than 60% of the average.
Mr Duncan Smith told BBC Breakfast that this definition meant that child poverty had decreased - but only because the economic downturn meant average incomes had fallen.
He says other factors should be considered when measuring poverty, including debt, family life, addiction and abuse.
15 Nov 2012
- From the section UK Politics