away, just substantively okay we ran the experiment, we try to for a year, what is your take away about of success, failures, what you think of it? it s been one of the most successful domestic policies in generations. we ve cut child poverty almost in half. we ve reduced hunger by a quarter. just think about that for second. we reduced hunger in this country, we were one of the highest child poverty rates in any industrial con trees in her 38 out of 41. what we said is, we don t have to accept that. it s a permitting feature of our democracy in our economy. it is working exactly as we expect it. people spend money to pay rent, to buy groceries. but really to buy a little bit extra childcare to stand to support the family. i m gonna read you some reporting about your colleague joe manchin. i think it s pretty clear that he s not super on board with
stock and so, overall this budget is known in the objective economic lexicon as a giveaway. it means the chancellor i5 lexicon as a giveaway. it means the chancellor is putting £25 billion more into the economy than he is taking up to. more into the economy than he is taking up tw taking up to. andy verity, that is robabl taking up to. andy verity, that is probably the taking up to. andy verity, that is probably the simplest, taking up to. andy verity, that is probably the simplest, clearest l taking up to. andy verity, that is i probably the simplest, clearest way to see it, isn t it? thank you very much. let s get some reaction from around the country. we ll be in bristol in a moment, but first let s go to northumberland. in an. they like what they hear from the chancellor, this optimism a from the chancellor, this optimism . new chapter, like many market towns across the country, they have seen lots of shops on the high street close during a pandemic, but they are also cautio
and in july monthly checks, child poverty rates dropped 40%. i can t think of anything that has been that effective, that quickly. in a story father said for the first time i can buy for my daughter. a mother says to me i can my son can go to summer camp for a week. it takes the pressure off these families that are skipping meals at the last week of the month just to pay rent. it reduces their anxiety. the child it has made a huge difference in families lives. but given that, all of that we have come to the show and i think it s been quite a success. i think politically has been a success. i don t know how you will honestly answer the question, but how does it feel to be the best thing i have ever done worked on him for eight years, and now it s please joe manchin don t kill it please don t kill
is to make sure that we ensure that people have good paying jobs, infrastructure, both bills together. in my district and throughout the country, we have horrific unbelievable child poverty rates. we will reduce child poverty by 40% to 50% by some way of in some formulation of the child tax credit extension. i m going to tell my child care workers that we want to make sure our child care workers have the investments and the support so that they can have good quality child care centers. 2 million women are out of work. they can t afford child care. finally, with the jobs that will be created, you will have the
getting this $250 a month, we got it up and running. and passed in march. up and running in july. monthly checks in july, august, september, october. the child poverty rates dropped 40%. and i can t think of any effect of that quickly. this $250 or $300 depending on the child. given that, all of that we ve covered on the show. i think it s been quite a success. i think both substantive, politically it s been a success. right? just i don t know how honestly you re going to answer the question. how does it feel to have i mean, to be like the best thing i ve ever done.