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- Published on: 27 April 2016
- Published on: 27 April 2016
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10.1.05
Dear Editor
Soljak is right to draw attention to the UK Government’s commitment to eradicate child poverty and to question the implication that UK and US social policies are the same.[1] However, there are sufficient similarities between government policy in the three countries specifically named in the editorial to justify the assertion that ensuring all families with young children have adequate...
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None declared. - Published on: 27 April 2016Reducing child poverty is a UK Government priorityShow More
Dear Editor
In his editorial Spencer states: "in the UK, US, Canada, and elsewhere, (child poverty) represents a considerable challenge to the policy directions of current governments".[1]
It is certainly a challenge, but it is one which the UK Government has accepted, and where it is having considerable success. The independent website poverty.org.uk shows that by 2002-3 the number of children in low in...
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