A full versions of this press release, and regional press releases for England, and national press releases for Scotland and Wales can be found at the bottom of this page. 1 in 4 CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY, WITH PICTURE SET TO WORSEN DURING COST OF LIVING CRISIS EMBARGOED: 00:00 12th July, 2022 Interviews […]
Since September 2020, ECP has been working with a group of children and young people who have shared their experiences of poverty and captured its impact on our Young people talk poverty page (more to follow in the coming months). To celebrate what other young people are doing around the UK to challenge child poverty, […]
Even before the pandemic, 4.3 million children were living in poverty, up 200,000 from the previous year – and up 500,000 over the past five years. North East England shows the greatest growth in child poverty over the past five years and has risen by a third, taking it from below the UK average to […]
children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child limit to benefit payments since this government came to power
