– Four out of 10 children in parts of Barrow are born into poverty.
That's not good enough is it?
Well it's appalling and of course, but everybody, and it's not just people in Westminster.
It's not just at national level, it's at local level
through the investment.
– It's the government and you're had nearly ten years.
Well, it's not the government though, is it?
Everyday just says it's the government as if it's sort of like bland blob
that you can just go and blame.
– So the government is not responsible for poverty?
Actually, well, it's not because it's all parts
of society and the structures.
Local authorities have a role to play; education, public services,
which are locally led and locally run.