ECONOMIC GROWTH

Radical change to lift more out of poverty

Islington LBC leader Cllr Richard Watts explains why the council created an employment commission while co-chair Cllr Robert Khan explains its role and findings.

Islington's employment commission – the first of its kind in the country - makes the case for radical change to lift more people out of poverty in the borough where 40,000 do not work.

Despite what people may have read recently, Islington is actually a highly deprived borough with one of the highest rates of child poverty in the country.

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