It's not often that politicians from across the political divide agree, so at the Child Poverty Action Group we were delighted when a recent debate won cross-party consensus about the importance of tackling child poverty.
There was less agreement about how a government achieves the goal of ending child poverty, but the debate, 'Ending child poverty - the next five years', did bring together leading campaigners to share their views and vision for the future, and to listen and learn from one another.
Chaired by The Guardian's Madeleine Bunting at our London headquarters, the debate included Karen Buck the Labour MP, Susan Kramer, Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park, and Philippa Stroud from the Centre for Social Justice.
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