Lack of progress on child poverty

Nursery World, 14 August 2008

Liberal Democrats have criticised the Government for its lack of progress on child poverty, claiming that more working families are in poverty today than when Labour came to power in 1997.

Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrats' shadow work and pensions secretary, said, 'Labour has neglected families who are trying to work their way out of poverty. The tax system is totally unfair. Hard-working families on low incomes should be paying less tax and keeping more of their hard-earned cash.'

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