A year of ‘change’? A look at Labour’s progress on poverty
By Laura Burgess, Head of Policy and Research at Resolve Poverty It’s hard to believe that this week marks one…
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Mission Critical: The role of English regions and localities in a whole-system approach to tackling poverty
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