Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Lording it over us

89-year-old hereditary peer and Kent landowner, the fifth Baron of Northbourne whose son, Sebastian James, featured in the Bullingdon Club society’s 1987 photo, alongside David Cameron and Boris Johnson contributed to the House of Lords debate where he voted in favour of the Government's attempts to redefine the way child poverty is measured said some families "ought" to try harder to earn money and added some families preferred a lifestyle dependent on state support.


Two-thirds of children in poverty have at least one parent in work.

No comments: