Milburn warns on child poverty

The government is likely to miss its legally-binding target of ending child poverty by 2020, a report by Alan Milburn, chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, has warned.


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By Winnie.Agbonlahor

23 Oct 2013

The paper, ‘State of the Nation 2013’, published last week, says “initiatives to make Britain a fairer place” have not created enough progress to make it “likely” that the UK will hit the target, first set by Tony Blair in 1999.

The government has said it will publish its response in due course.

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