Why are so many children living in poverty in the UK? – BBC Newsnight

A third of all families with children under five in the UK are living in poverty — that’s 1.3 million children. What happens when Covid-19 batters already struggling families? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

Newsnight’s UK Editor, Katie Razzall, has exclusively seen a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and baby bank charity, Little Village, which shows poverty has worsened for families with children under five during the pandemic.

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