A Generation Of UK Children Will Suffer In Poverty. Suddenly That’s Normal

‘“Austerity” may be an abstract term to much of the public – or a thing of the past, if you listen to Theresa May – but its casualties are ever real. Real children, in fact.
Nearly half of children are now living in poverty in some parts of the UK, research by the End Child Poverty coalition has found. It’s worth pausing on that. In an era of rising rents, low wages and benefit freezes and cuts, go to a playground in many areas of this country – think Birmingham, Manchester, or London – and out of a group of 10 boys and girls, four or five of them will be in poverty.’
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