Shocking statistics provided by the End Child Poverty campaign show that nearly 60 per cent of children living in poverty have at least one parent who works, compounding the belief that too many jobs in the UK are poorly paid.
On average throughout the UK, one in five (20.9 per cent) children are classified as below the poverty line (before housing costs). In some areas of large cities, this rises to over half.
This is true in one whole local authority (Tower Hamlets), as well as in the parliamentary constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow. In Islington, in Manchester and in 19 parliamentary constituencies, at least four in ten children are in poverty, says the campaign’s report – which covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
At a more local level, there are even more serious concentrations of child poverty: in 100 local wards, between 50 per cent and 70 per cent of children face poverty, according to detailed statistical analysis on the End Child Poverty campaign website.
The government appears again unable to deal with poverty levels in some of the most deprived areas of the country, say campaigners
More at:
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16074
And:
http://endchildpoverty.org.uk/why-end-child-poverty/poverty-in-your-area