Cameron claims to lead a ‘One Nation’ government, but pursues a ‘two nations’ governing strategy One of the headline social policy goals of the Blair and Brown governments was to eradicate child poverty in Britain by 2020. During New Labour’s thirteen years in power considerable progress was made in this regard: child poverty fell from 3.4 million in 1998 to … Continue reading →
12 August 2015 by Scott Lavery
Categories: British growth crisis, Debt, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment, Tax, Welfare
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Tags: Blair, Brown, Cameron, Child poverty, DWP, New Labour, One Nation, Osborne, Scott Lavery, Tax credit
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Child poverty and the unravelling of New Labour’s ‘hybrid’ political economy
Cameron claims to lead a ‘One Nation’ government, but pursues a ‘two nations’ governing strategy One of the headline social policy goals of the Blair and Brown governments was to eradicate child poverty in Britain by 2020. During New Labour’s thirteen years in power considerable progress was made in this regard: child poverty fell from 3.4 million in 1998 to … Continue reading →
12 August 2015 by Scott Lavery
Categories: British growth crisis, Debt, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment, Tax, Welfare | Tags: Blair, Brown, Cameron, Child poverty, DWP, New Labour, One Nation, Osborne, Scott Lavery, Tax credit | Leave a comment