Responding to Rashford

Until Ministers have a clear direction in which to steer the ship of anti-poverty policy, they will be at the mercy of the passengers.

Philippa Stroud: The Coalition stopped officially measuring poverty – which left its successor unsighted over free schools meals

We are allowing others to create a narrative for us, and in the absence of an agreed poverty measure and subsequent strategy, we always will.

Matthew Oakley: Levelling up. We need to measure it in order to deliver it – and know that it’s worked

The first report of a new commission finds that disparities are just as apparent within regions, cities and towns as they are between them. 

Phillipa Stroud: Coronavirus has hit those in poverty hardest. The Government must support employment, fast.

The next step is for a commission to be established that can develop solutions to the current inequalities we have seen.