Poverty, especially child poverty, has a devastating impact and as a society we should do everything in our power to offer routes out of poverty, writes the IEA’s Academic and Research Director Professor Syed Kamall.  But Kamall argues “government is not the answer to every problem, and in our rush to do something, we should not overlook or squeeze out alternative solutions.”

Writing for Conservative Home, Syed argues that whether he sees it or not, Rashford’s campaign has demonstrated the power of local civil society non-state organisations to address problems in their neighbourhoods.

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