The government will miss the legally binding target on reducing poverty by 2020, warns Alan Milburn, head of the government’s review on social mobility and poverty. In a speech to the Children's Society, Milburn called on the Coalition government to set out a long-term plan to deliver free childcare for all families, arguing that Britain under-invested in children. He also called on the forthcoming White Paper on social justice to make the case for cutting child poverty.

The full text of Milburn’s speech is available from The Children’s Society.