Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’
Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardestCampaigners have said it is “morally repugnant” that vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of spending cuts after official figures showed a record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK.The figures, released on Thursday, show an extra 100,000 children were living below the breadline in the year to April 2024 – the final full year of child poverty statistics for the last Conservative government. It is the third year running that child poverty has increased. Continue reading...
Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardest
Campaigners have said it is “morally repugnant” that vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of spending cuts after official figures showed a record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK.
The figures, released on Thursday, show an extra 100,000 children were living below the breadline in the year to April 2024 – the final full year of child poverty statistics for the last Conservative government. It is the third year running that child poverty has increased. Continue reading...
