US EditionNumber Of UK Children In Poverty Highest In 20 Years
- The number of children in poverty in the UK has reached 4.45 million for the year ending March 2024, according to the Department for Work and Pensions, marking the highest level in 20 years.
- This number represents an increase from 4.33 million in the previous year, indicating a worsening situation.
- Alison Garnham from the Child Poverty Action Group stated that urgent action is needed to address these statistics.
- The DWP estimates that cuts in the UK could push an additional 50,000 children into poverty.
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29 Articles
Looking at the history of the workhouses in Hastings
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of balancing her books on the backs of the poor in her recent budget, by cutting welfare payments and trying to force unemployed people to work. But in Victorian Britain a much cruder welfare-cutting strategy was used, the architectural remnants of which can still be seen around the country today: the union workhouses.
The damning statistic that just turned Rachel Reeves Spring Statement into a national disgrace
Government figures released on 27 March show 200,000 more children were plunged into poverty from 2023-24. That’s an increase from 4.3m to 4.5m children in poverty. Labour’s latest “national shame” It comes just as chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a Spring Statement that will take the situation further backwards. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted on 26 March that its own estimation shows that fresh government austerity will p…
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