Social Mobility Index
Debate between Nick Thomas-Symonds and Andrew Percy(8 years, 9 months ago)
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Nick Thomas-Symonds
I entirely agree with that point and I will conclude my remarks, Mr Percy. The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission said just before Christmas that
“the existing child poverty targets…will be missed by a country mile.”
I sincerely hope that the Government are not simply trying to redefine child poverty to hide their own failure.