The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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It was certainly ambitious of the new Labour government on coming to power to embark on a plan not simply to reverse the three decade old rise in child poverty but to remove it entirely. Targets were set to reduce the number of poor children by at least a quarter by 2004/5 compared with 1998/9, to reduce it by a half by 2010 and to eradicate poverty by 2020 or ‘within a generation’.
As has happened, child poverty fell by around two-thirds of that required to meet the quarter…
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