A statement from Anna Feuchtwang, Chair of the End Child Poverty coalition and Chief Executive of NCB on the Chancellor’s Spending Round: ‘We are astounded that the 4.1 million children currently living in poverty in the UK were not worthy of a mention by the Chancellor in his Spending Round. He offered no comfort to […]
‘Instead of enjoying the birth of our baby, we have dealt with hardship and having to scrape together for meals. Borrowing money from family for milk and nappies and ending ourselves in a stressful amount of debt.’ A parent on the impact of the two child limit. Today End Child Poverty is one of more […]
Child poverty is becoming the ‘new normal’ in parts of Britain as fastest rises in poverty hit the poorest areas In some constituencies more than half of children are growing up in poverty Impoverished areas see the greatest rises in child poverty Child poverty highest in big cities, particularly London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester 500k […]
