Britain’s politicians are ignoring child poverty. The result: it’s soaring | Dan Corry

Child poverty has grown under the coalition and Conservatives. It takes political will to tackle this scar on our society

There was a time when the battle to reduce child poverty was pretty dominant in public policy. Each year at budget time, commentators would watch to see how much the government would give to reduce child poverty; what new scheme and initiatives would be brought in; how many billions would be dedicated to this fight. The Institute for Fiscal Studies and other experts would track what impact the latest announcement might have. Charities would debate whether it was enough (and it never was).

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