“I don’t have the education of a politician,” said the footballer Marcus Rashford, “but I have a social education, having lived through this and having spent time with the families and children most affected. These children matter.”
Lived experience provides a focus that cuts through policy briefings and political spin. There is no substitute for seeing something up close. I’ve lived through poverty, although not for some decades. My children haven’t, and I hope they never do.
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