Claim: The government has changed the definition of child poverty, meaning that figures showing no significant change since 2010 can't be trusted.
Fact-check: Ask Full Fact: have the Conservatives redefined child poverty?  - Full Fact
Verdict: they haven't changed what's counted or how it's counted. they did change the target. we can still use the original measures of child poverty to see whether the numbers are going up or down.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2017-06-05T00:00:00