This is the Commission’s first annual State of the Nation report. The
Commission was created by the UK Government in 2012 as an independent
and statutory body to monitor and report on what is happening to child poverty
and social mobility in our country. In this report we assess what the
governments in the UK and other parts of society are doing, what progress is
being made, and what is likely to happen in future. We make a number of
recommendations for action.