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Save the Children warning on Wales child poverty target
Date Posted: 16/02/2012
A children's charity has warned that the Welsh government could miss its own target of eradicating child poverty by 2020.
Recent figures showed one in three children in Wales lived in poverty and numbers were rising.
Save the Children told a conference in Cardiff the situation was a national disgrace.
The Welsh government said it was already bringing in new measures to tackle the problem.
James Pritchard, head of Save the Children in Wales, said child poverty was worse in Wales than any other country in the UK.
"Politicians promised in 1999 that they would defeat child poverty by 2020. We've been told that it's unlikely we will hit those targets," he said.
"We think that should not be used as an excuse for not trying, for not working towards it.
"We're asking our politicians to tell us how do you intend to hit that target, promise you will hit that target and make a difference for children in Wales."
