§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make reducing inequality a central feature of his fiscal policy. [106894]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Government are committed to building a fairer and more inclusive society in which everyone can contribute to and benefit from economic prosperity. In the Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor set out the long-term ambition for the next decade to halve child poverty as a step on the way to abolishing child poverty within a generation. Measures in the last two Budgets will lift around 800,000 children out of poverty.
Pensioners should also share fairly in the nation's increasing prosperity. The Pre-Budget Report announced Winter Allowance for every pensioner household for the rest of the Parliament, free TV licence for older pensioners who are most likely to be poor, and will uprate minimum income guarantee in line with earnings for the rest of the Parliament.