The Minister for Employment and Social Protection has targeted lifting every child out of poverty in the Budget.

Campaign groups have claimed not enough is being done to tackle inequality and child poverty.

The Government has been handed a new 10-point plan to help end child poverty.

Children are going to school hungry and not enough is being done about it, according to the vast majority of schoolteachers.

The Government’s approach to child poverty has been severely criticised by the Children’s Ombudsman.

A new report from the Children's Ombudsman said the Government is tolerating unacceptable levels of child poverty, standing over discrimination in schools and failing to protect children.