Interview: Ex-perm sec Moira Wallace on tackling youth disadvantage under New Labour – and lessons for driving change today
28 Oct Project Delivery

Interview: Ex-perm sec Moira Wallace on tackling youth disadvantage under New Labour – and lessons for driving change today

With the government aiming to break the link between a young person’s start in life and the opportunities they have, Wallace tells CSW about the work she led to tackle entrenched social problems
by Suzannah Brecknell
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