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    Child poverty hits record high in UK with nearly 4.5 million in low income households
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    Child poverty hits record high in UK with nearly 4.5 million in low income households

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    1. AfternoonChoice6405 on

      I’m sure removing benefits will help 👍 

      Maybe we can even get to 5 or 6 million 🥳 

    2. misspixal4688 on

      Thought the Tories were going to end child poverty I seriously had enough of this country and it’s BS politics.

    3. isitmattorsplat on

      “A household is considered to be in relative poverty if it is below 60 per cent of the median income after housing costs.”

      We need more housing and not get ourselves off that a house has gone up 4.5% in price.

    4. WastedSapience on

      I look forward to this getting as much coverage in the media as the WFA removal received.

    6. condosovarios on

      Why do poor families deserve incentives to grow their families, and other people don’t?

      Why do we have a situation where a third child born in poverty is considered more important to society than a surgeon’s second baby?

      We’re all tightening our belts. We all make decisions based on our resources (or we should). More than two children is an absolute luxury for most people.

    7. Interesting-Ease8882 on

      Join the movement.

      Tax wealth not work

      Gary’s economics youtube.

      Change the world.

    9. Coffmad1 on

      While I agree children living in poverty is a terrible issue (having grown up my entire childhood in that situation) I think it really needs to be looked at why people on low/no income continue to have so many children that they clearly cannot afford.

      I wouldn’t dream of bringing a child into an impoverished household, and have specifically held off starting a family until we are better funded to properly do so. I do think that some parents should hold some accountability for these numbers increasing as much as they do.

      Obviously there will be the cases where existing families have fell on hard times and fell into this bracket, but I’m specifically talking about adults who are no where near able to fund a child and yet still have them.

    10. Turbantastic on

      Slashing benefits has really helped that number grow, a few more cuts and the UK might be able to get up to 6 million if they’re lucky! Always plenty of extra money to waste of weapons of death, I’m sure the poor are thankful for that while they sit starving and freezing in their black mould infested not fit for human habitation house…..

    11. Professional-Bear857 on

      That’s not going to help long term growth, it’s quite sickening to see this continuous stream of disaster politics coming from parliament. No matter which party is elected, the results are the same.

    12. AshRwanda on

      I tried to get some information on the figures:

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      A single adult is considered to be in relative poverty, based on the 60% of median income figure, if, after housing costs, they have less than ÂŁ255 per week. Housing costs do not include council tax, gas/electric etc. A couple with two children would be ÂŁ530 per week.

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      Edit: It also doesn’t include mortgage payments in housing costs – only interest on those payments,

    15. RyanMcCartney on

      Don’t worry, the definition of poverty will be changed and the number will come down

    18. pajamakitten on

      People will complain that people on poverty should not be having kids. While true, we should turn our backs on those kids who find themselves growing up in poverty at the same time; they did not ask for this. We also need to ask why do many people are in poverty generally and resolved to actually do something about it. Blaming people has been the main strategy under the Tories and by the media. That has clearly not worked so it might be time to try something new that actually helps people, otherwise more people and more children will just slip into this group.

    19. Cyclops251 on

      Report refers to “relative poverty” only = instant disregard. Totally invalid and meaningless measurement.

    20. EgoCity on

      If we force MP’s to get rid of their 2nd homes paid for by us and made them stay in a basic hotel when in London we could save around £10 million a year…. We start there imo

    21. Illustrious-Skin2569 on

      when 1 in 5 able-bodied adults arent even looking for work why is this a surprise?

    22. George_Hayman on

      Could it be that some of the poorest families in the country are having relatively more children than the middle classes? This would by default mean that more children were born into relative poverty

    23. InSilenceLikeLasagna on

      At what point do people who can’t afford kids stop bloody having them?

      It’s horrible kids are going through this but where the hell is the parental responsibility in all of this?

    24. BroodLord1962 on

      Just goes to show how many stupid people there are out there. Don’t have kids if you can’t afford them

    25. definitelynotacawp on

      Was this in the Labour manifesto? Surely, straight talking Keith put in there

    26. RawAim on

      It’s genuinely bleak in this country and has been for all of my teenage and adult years. I’m 30 next year and I just can’t see things getting any better. We’re basically surviving each day, can hardly call it living.