Michael Gove and the facts about poverty in Britain

Michael Gove and the real picture of poverty in Britain

By Gill Main, University of York – republished from  The Conversation

Michael Gove’s recent suggestion that inadequate financial management skills among poor families are to blame for the increasing demand on food banks has, unsurprisingly, sparked an angry response. Critics feel the Conservative Party is out of touch with the pressures on ordinary families.
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