Child poverty motion defeat is overturned
Councillors have overturned a decision not to write to the Minister for Communities on the issue.
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A council committee decision not to write to the Minister for Communities about rising levels of child poverty has been overturned at a full council meeting.
The council will now write to the Minister asking her to convene a child poverty task force to set out how the Department will reduce child poverty over the next decade.
An amendment to pass the issue to local MLAs to be raised at Stormont was passed at last month s Leisure and Development Committee.