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The children who are born to fail

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Rather than improving across the last five decades, poverty and disadvantage still wreak havoc on 3.5 million underprivileged children, causing them to lag far behind their more affluent peers, from health to education, early development to housing. Dr Hi

In 1969, we started a ground-breaking study looking at the experiences of children from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds. Born to Fail? revealed how growing up in these circumstances damaged children’s lives, resulting in poor health, underachievement at school and lack of opportunities to fulfil their potential.

Fast forward to 2008 and the words of David Cameron, who as the leader of the opposition said: “We all know in our hearts that creating a good society for children to grow up in is one of the greatest tests of any nation’s character ... we really can make this country the best place in the world for children to grow up.”

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