Can there be such a thing as child poverty in welfare Britain?

[anotheoldgit]

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More than 1.5 million children in the UK are living in severe poverty, Save the Children has warned.

It is said that in some areas of London, mainly Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Newham & Hackney, families have to switch off all their radiators except one, because they can't afford the heating bills.

Their children cannot have their friends round for tea.

Some boy children have to go to school dressed in their sisters shirts because they have none of their own.

They sometimes go to bed without a proper meal inside of them.

How is it that it is only some areas in Britain that suffers from child poverty, haven't all say, unemployed, single parent families the chance of obtaining the very same benefits as other poor families?

[B00]

So how are they doing it then pusspuss?

I serve these people their fags, booze and lottery tickets on a daily basis and usually the same people. Where do you reckon they're getting their money from? Because I guarantee you, they spend more on these things than I can afford to, and I bloody work.

[mightywease]

pusspuss and vic i agree with you. Plus if people read the report itself, rather than any spin put on it by newspapers, apaty from being a sobering read you will see that over 600,000 children living in severe poverty are in a household where one person is working. And they probably get tax credits as well.

So imagine how much more difficult it would be in households where the only income comes from benefits, many of which are being cut or reduced.

http://www.savethechi...ally_February2011.pdf

[pastafreak]

If anyone is interested-here are the most recent UK statistics regarding low income-broken down according to various factors including age,family makeup,and gender.

http://www.poverty.or...ary/key%20facts.shtml