Claim: Child poverty increased by 250,000 in a single year under the Conservatives.
Fact-check: Child poverty is up, depending on how you look at it - Full Fact
Verdict: this is correct by one measure. according to hmrc the number of children in poverty went from 18% to 20% between 2013 and 2014, an increase of 250,000 children. this is a return to 2010 levels.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-10-04T00:00:00