State of the Nation 2014
Our annual State of the Nation report was laid before the UK Parliament on 20 October. In it we assess the progress that the UK is making on improving social mobility and reducing child poverty and the contributions being …
Alan Milburn
Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
Government response to child poverty and social mobility challenge - more pace, drive and ambition needed
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Last October, the Commission published our first State of the Nation report – a 350-page anatomy of the many challenges faced in making Britain a fairer place. In it we sought not just to describe the raft of programmes being put in …
First impressions on the Child Poverty Strategy: a missed opportunity?
This morning the Government has published its long-awaited draft Child Poverty Strategy – a document that, in theory, constitutes its plan to meet its statutory obligation to end child poverty by 2020. Government publications come and go but this one …
Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission: our new blog
It is in Britain’s DNA that everyone should have a fair chance in life. Yet too often demography is destiny in our country. Being born poor often leads to a lifetime of poverty. Poor schools ease people into poor jobs. …