Dogged by rumours of a leadership challenge, dire poll ratings and an economic crisis, the Labour Party was on the defensive at its annual conference in Manchester last week. Gordon Brown and his ministerial team spent the week fighting to prove they were not out of the race yet - and policies to support children, young people and families were at the forefront of its agenda.
Child poverty
Fairness might have been the theme of Gordon Brown's speech, but child poverty was the conference's hot topic. From debates about middle England and equality to The Sun's Broken Britain event, the issue was never far from the spotlight. Brown promised to put Labour's child poverty targets on a legal footing and said the problem "demeans" Britain (see p18).
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