‘Preventable’ child poverty may be behind thousands more children entering care
“This is all the more shocking since child poverty is preventable in a rich country like the UK.”
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Over half of people in poverty in the UK are in a working family
And 7 in 10 children in child poverty are in a family where at least one parent works.
More than 90,000 people ‘die in poverty in UK every year’
In the fifth-largest economy in the world.
Food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe hails ONS inflation changes
Monroe has doggedly highlighted the increasing inflationary pressure on struggling families.
Plumber’s heartbreak after paying for poverty-stricken family’s food bills
He said two of the children thought they were “going to die” from the cold while their sobbing mum and speechless dad looked on helplessly.
Watch: Mum ate dog food due to food poverty in harrowing video
“I remember things being really bad, to the point where at times I ate dog food," she said.
‘Conservative incompetence:’ More than half of black children growing up in poverty
“There is little wonder that child poverty has skyrocketed over the last decade when Conservative ministers have done so little to tackle the structural inequalities driving it."
Government accused of ignoring link between depression and poverty
Last month, Boris Johnson questioned whether the higher life expectancy in Ribble Valley when compared to Blackpool is down to “monkey glands” being applied and “royal jelly” being eaten.
Rashford says Universal Credit cut will send child poverty spiralling
Rashford became the youngest recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester - but said it was "bittersweet".