Parental education is determining factor in UK poverty

A child’s education – and that of its parents – are the decisive factors in predicting whether it will grow up to live in poverty in Britain, according to analysis published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics.

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Commenting on the report, Conor Ryan, director of research at the Sutton Trust, a think-tank that examines education and social mobility, said: “Today’s report shows just how important education is in breaking that cycle of poverty across generations, and ensuring that poor educational achievement is not transmitted from parent to child. The report shows that we lag behind other northern European countries in this regard”

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