Official figures released on 30th March indicate that the government is likely to be on course to meet its target to cut child poverty by a quarter by 2004/5. This is quite an achievement.

Authors

Mike Brewer

Mike Brewer

Jonathan Shaw
Jonathan Shaw

Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority

Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.

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IFS

Suggested citation

Brewer, M and Shaw, J. (2004). To move the goal posts? [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/move-goal-posts (accessed: 19 May 2024).

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