* Child poverty reduction bill is destined to fail​* Hundreds of thousands of Kiwi children living below the poverty lineThen the contents insurance gets cancelled, and families are forced to borrow to meet daily living costs. The statistics, released on Tuesday, will be used as baseline rates for the purposes of the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, which was introduced to help achieve a significant and sustained reduction in child poverty. GEORGE HEARD/STUFF Jacinda Ardern unveiled ten-Year targets for reducing child poverty after she was elected. The essentials included in the material hardship list were meant to provide an indication of material deprivation, but other essentials could have been included. THE 17 ESSENTIALSThe DEP-17 material deprivation score tests households on how many of the following they lack.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2019 19:18 UTC