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Petition Create a Minister For Poverty responsible for tackling poverty and its causes

It is estimated over 10 million people in the UK are in poverty, and that the effects of poverty cost £78 billion a year. We believe poverty places a central role in inequality in the UK, and that establishing a Minister for Poverty would help tackle poverty and the inequality it can create.

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Created by Raymond David Woolford
Deadline 28 January 2021 All petitions run for 6 months
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