A quote from Tory leader David Cameron in The Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2006

I believe that poverty is an economic waste and moral disgrace. In the past, we used to think of poverty only in absolute terms – meaning straightforward material deprivation, [but in future] we need to think of poverty in relative terms – the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted. So I want this message to go out loud and clear: the Conservative Party recognises, will measure and will act on relative poverty.