Barnardo’s and business advisory firm Deloitte have launched a report highlighting how the UK Government can meet its commitment to halving child poverty by 2010.

The report, How to Halve Child Poverty, suggests three policy options that would enable the UK Government to meet its target by changing the way in which child tax credits are paid so that they are reduced as income increases:

• Option one would lift 600,000 children out of poverty by increasing the child tax credit
• Option two would lift 700,000 children out of poverty by focusing the increases in tax credits on families with three or more children
• Option three would lift 500,000 children out of poverty by giving extra support to families with new babies and those in work

The report is available to download from the Deloitte website.