Tessa Jowell, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, will lead this review, advised by Justine Roberts of Mumsnet and Bob Reitemeier of the Children's Society.
Tom Clark writes:
Labour scents big opportunities, as the coalition slashes child benefit, tax credits and support for childcare costs. But how can it credibly demonstrate that it would put families in a happier place, when there are few funds available to reverse these cuts?
Now that the Liberal Democrat presence in the coalition has clouded what would have been a clear commitment to tax breaks for married families under a pure Conservative government ought Labour to be seeking to become the party of marriage, or would it do better to continue with Gordon Brown's policy of using tax measures to support children as opposed to particular forms of the family?
