Showing posts with label child poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child poverty. Show all posts

Friday, June 02, 2023

Half a Million More UK Kids Drop into Poverty

Jun 2, 2023 | The withdrawal of pandemic-era support combined with the soaring cost of living was always likely to drive up poverty and today there's evidence that Britain's children have begun to pay the price.

A survey carried out by the End Child Poverty Coalition - and seen exclusively by Channel 4 News - shows more than half a million have dropped below the poverty line in the last year.

But the government insists it has helped hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty in the last decade.



The Tories have destroyed this country. It all started with Thatcher. Yes, I was taken in by her at the time; but with the benefit of distance and hindsight, it is all too clear to see that she started the rot. She and the ‘Old Gipper’ over in the States.

When I was growing up, there were no such outlets as food banks. There was no need for them. A working man could feed his family (even with the wife at home raising her children, where she belongs). These days, even two parents working often cannot earn enough to feed their children. There’s something wrong somewhere! – © Mark Alexander