Action taken on anti-poverty plan

GATESHEAD Council is setting in motion a plan to address child poverty amid new regional multimillion-pound funding to tackle the issue.

- AUSTEN SHAKESPEARE Local Democracy Reporter

According to regional statistics, almost 12,500 babies, children and young people in Gateshead alone are growing up in poverty.

Following the approval of the North East Combined Authority's (NECA) £28.6m child poverty fund in July, Gateshead Council is now taking its steps to implement the cash within its own boundaries, with the authority's women and girls committee scheduled to meet next week.