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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