Child poverty becoming ‘new normal’ in parts of Great Britain

A new study has revealed that child poverty is becoming ‘normal’ in parts of Great Britain.

According to the research by End Child Poverty, who are the UK’s leading child poverty action group, in some of Britain’s biggest cities more than 50% of children are living in poverty.

Deciding who is living in poverty is complicated but a child is classed as being in poverty if their family income is less than 60% of average earnings.

The study found that  child poverty is rising particularly quickly in parts of major cities, especially London, Birmingham and Manchester, suggesting that inequality between areas is growing.

They also found that 500,000 more children are living in poor conditions today than at the start of the decade.

According to government figures, 34% of children in the UK were living in poverty 20 years ago.

It’s now down to 30%, which is around 4.1 million children.

Seventy per cent of children in poverty in the UK are in working families, up 3% on the year before.

Via BBC