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Commenting on today’s (Monday) report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission which warns that the UK’s poorest are being left behind, the TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

 “The report rightly highlights that in-work poverty is a significant and growing problem in the UK. It makes clear that if we want to improve social mobility we need to see both fair pay rises and a strong social security safety net.

“The current government’s approach to child poverty has failed. A drastic rethink is needed as the threat of a “permanently divided society” is too serious to ignore.

"This is a rich report and its warnings must not go unheeded by ministers.”

NOTES TO EDITORS:

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Clare Santry   T: 020 7467 1372    M: 07717 531150   E: csantry@tuc.org.uk

Tim Nichols   T: 020 7467 1337   M: 07876 452902  E: tnichols@tuc.org.uk

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