"Speaking to the BBC, Mr Milburn insisted the problem of child poverty was now a "problem for working families".
Two thirds of children officially deemed as being poor now came from a family where at least one parent was working - and in three out of four of those cases, at least one of their parents was working full time, he pointed out.
Mr Milburn admitted that while work was 'still very important', it was not a cure for poverty.
Around five million people in the country - mainly women - were earning less than the living wage, which is about ?7.45 an hour outside of London, he said.
'These are the people frankly who do all the right things, they go out to work, they stand on their own two feet, they look after their families - they're the strivers not the shirkers - and yet they're all too often the forgotten people of Britain and I think they desperately need a new deal.'"
And unfortunately, this is NOT solely a British problem.
Peace!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24553611
Two thirds of children officially deemed as being poor now came from a family where at least one parent was working - and in three out of four of those cases, at least one of their parents was working full time, he pointed out.
Mr Milburn admitted that while work was 'still very important', it was not a cure for poverty.
Around five million people in the country - mainly women - were earning less than the living wage, which is about ?7.45 an hour outside of London, he said.
'These are the people frankly who do all the right things, they go out to work, they stand on their own two feet, they look after their families - they're the strivers not the shirkers - and yet they're all too often the forgotten people of Britain and I think they desperately need a new deal.'"
And unfortunately, this is NOT solely a British problem.
Peace!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24553611
