Save the Children told the Record that too many families were already struggling before the pandemic and that months of lockdown had made things even worse.But the steep rise in child poverty rates began long before anyone had heard of coronavirus and can be traced to welfare system reforms brought in by the coalition government over the last 10 years.When David Cameron became prime minister in 2010 he promised a fresh way of doing politics - what we got instead was years of austerity which saw child poverty rates soar.Cameron led a coalition government which saw the Conservatives working alongside Lib Dem MPs after Gordon Brown was ousted from Downing Street.The Liberals claimed some top cabinet positions but there was one job which the.
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