An article published under the title ‘Labour saved 2m children from poverty’ has been removed at the request of Mike Brewer, professor of economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex.
Mike Brewer’s findings on child poverty can be found in Chapter 5 of the Child Poverty Action Group Report Ending Child Poverty by 2020: An interim report
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32 Responses to “Apology”
Atma Singh
RT @leftfootfwd: Apology http://t.co/32x4J18Y
oliver bennett
Loved this apology for a misused political statistic http://t.co/cniQzXMB
Nicola Smith
Labour saved 1.8m children from poverty; Coalition are raising it by 100k per year: http://t.co/bS5Grzdy << Great blog by @MikeBrewerEssex
Henry Hadaway
Labour saved 1.8m children from poverty; Coalition are raising it by 100k per year: http://t.co/bS5Grzdy << Great blog by @MikeBrewerEssex
John Andrews
Labour saved 1.8m children from poverty; Coalition are raising it by 100k per year: http://t.co/bS5Grzdy << Great blog by @MikeBrewerEssex