

How does the government target child poverty? Stop monitoring it
The Democratic Left Network attended a seminar last night put on by the Resolution Foundation on improving the career prospects of non-graduates. So far, so interesting. It got even more interesting when Alan Milburn, the former MP who leads the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, spoke briefly about his commission's "re-brand." "In terms of our re-branding by the way as a commission", he began, "just in case you thought we spent oodles of money on a huge exercise a