Bad maths.

The Government has unveiled its latest strategy for eliminating child poverty. All very worthy, but what took my eye was the definition of child poverty - its a family with less than 60% of the average wage coming in. Now we've been down this line before - by the very way averages (whether mean, median or mode) are calculated, there will always be those above and below that figure. Which as far as I can see, means that there will always be some families with incomes below 60% of the average - in other words, child poverty, as defined by the Government, will always exist! What matters of course, is how much those families are pulling in - once again, we've confused actual income with comparative income - back to school folks!