Cameron must bring his whole party with him to tackle relative poverty

Commenting on David Cameron’s Scarman Lecture speech ‘From state welfare to social enterprise: the modern Conservative approach to tackling poverty’, Child Poverty Action Group’s Chief Executive, Kate Green, said:

“David Cameron is absolutely right that it is essential to tackle relative poverty, not just absolute poverty. His whole party must embrace the importance of relative poverty or remain unacceptable to voters who saw the relentless growth in inequality when they were last in office.

“Now that we have welcomed Cameron to the debate, he must understand that social enterprise is only part of the solution. Traditionally the Conservatives speak of supporting families and being a friend of business. They must show this by persuading business leaders of their moral responsibility to significantly improve pay for the in-work poor and by improving levels of support for those families unable to work.”

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