Milburn tells Coalition: admit you will miss your child poverty targets

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Milburn tells Coalition: admit you will miss your child poverty targets

The Government's adviser on social mobility has urged ministers to admit they will miss a legally-binding target to cut child poverty because of spending cuts and the flatlining economy. Alan Milburn warned that the Coalition's austerity measures would ...
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Why Brussels seems relaxed about the end game

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Why Brussels seems relaxed about the end game - The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is now selling hard the idea that the UK can change its mind during the transition period and choose to stay part of the European single market and customs union - particularly with a view to solving the Irish border issue. This would be the ideal post- Brexit  ..
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