Child poverty numbers grow
THE number of children in families living on benefits has increased by 170,000 over the past year, with child poverty growing in affluent as well as traditionally hard hit areas, according to a new report.
The Campaign to End Child Poverty said a "staggering" two million British children now had no parent in work.
The report warned the number of children in families without jobs was rising to its highest level for a decade.
The report's author, social policy researcher Donald Hirsch, said: "We couldn't afford to let the banks fail and now we can't afford to fail our children.
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