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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

How do the other euro countries view the UK economy?

That is entirely irrelevant, it's our economy that's in discussion. One of the richest countries in the western world, where almost 1 million people currently rely on foodbanks, record amounts of children live in poverty, the worst since the 1920s.

'The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission today publishes its
assessment of the UK government’s draft child poverty strategy. The Commission’s assessment finds that 3.5 million children will be in absolute poverty- almost 5 times the number needed to meet the government’s legal obligation to end child poverty by 2020 - and that the government lacks any credible plan to get back on track.

The Commission concludes that the government’s draft child poverty strategy 2014 to 2017 is a missed opportunity and falls far short of what is needed. The Commission recognises there are some good things in the strategy - such as the extension of childcare support for low-income families and greater acknowledgement of the problem of working poverty than there was in the last strategy - but believes they will not be enough to prevent child poverty rising over the next few years, let alone to deliver the
large reductions in poverty needed to meet the 2020 targets.'

http://www.parliament.uk/business/pu...-a-short-guide