The Assembly's strategy to cut child poverty, A Fair Future for Children, was launched on 8 February 2005. The strategy sets out how the Welsh Assembly Government will work to ensure that the UK Government's targets on child poverty are met. The strategy outlines how child poverty in Wales can be cut by half by 2010 and eliminated completely by 2020.

The strategy covers thee main aspects needed to tackle child poverty. Namely:

• Income Poverty - which considers access to employment. It brings in the work of the Wales Spatial Plan which aims ensure that these jobs are created in the part of the country where they are needed. It also considers financial inclusion, tax, benefits and grants for education


• Participation Poverty - this involves work to ensure that disadvantaged children are not left out of leisure and social activities. It also involves anti-discrimination and bullying work and ensuring that the voices of disadvantaged young people are heard.


• Service Poverty - this involves work to ensure all sections of society have equal access to public services.

More information is available on the Welsh Assembly Government website.

The Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Report of the Child Poverty Taskforce was debated in the Plenary Session of 9 February 2005. The debate can be viewed in the Plenary Session's Record of Proceedings.

Comments made by the End Child Poverty Network Cymru regarding A Fair Future for Children can be viewed in their press release on the Children in Wales website