Eradicating child poverty

摘要

Britain has more children living in poverty than any other country in the European Union. But, to its credit, the government is determined to eradicate child poverty, described by Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as "a scar on the soul of Britain." The prime minister has set an ambitious target, even more ambitious perhaps than trying to achieve peace in Northern Ireland: "Our historic aim," he says, "will be for ours to be the first generation to end child poverty."