Philippa Stroud who heads new commission aimed at tackling hardship says ministers need a long-term plan to help the poor
Cost of living protest in Birmingham. The government must be more ambitious about improving the lives of those in poverty, says Philippa Stroud.Cost of living protest in Birmingham. The government must be more ambitious about improving the lives of those in poverty, says Philippa Stroud.
Lady Stroud is to lead a high-powered poverty strategy commission, which aims to forge a political consensus around how to tackle poverty, and what the public should expect from a social security system, eschewing what it sees as a partisan approach that has sought to divide public attitudes to welfare for political gain.“The lack of a political imperative has meant that too often these issues have been neglected and government responses have been reactive or ad hoc.
Rising numbers of working people living below the breadline undermined the government’s assumption that any job was automatically a route out of hardship, she said, adding: “We need a much more honest conversation around levels of poverty in the UK – what’s really driving it and what the solutions actually are.”
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