Millions of UK children living in poverty – search postcode to find out the reality near you
The Daily Mirror says a shocking two in three children are living in poverty in some parts of the UK, the latest figures show.
Data shows there were 2.8million children across the country living below the breadline in March 2021, even before the cost of housing was taken into account.
In important news, the number has dipped from 3.2million in March 2020 thanks in part to financial support from the government during the start of the pandemic.
However, with the £20 uplift to Universal Credit gone, living costs rising, and benefits not keeping up, charities have warned the situation is likely to get much worse.
The figures mean that one in every five children in the UK was living in poverty last year (19%) – and in some neighbourhoods the situation is even more stark.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/millions-uk-children-living-poverty-26673283
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