Despite significant gains in household income and reductions in the overall poverty rate in recent years, 43 percent (30.6 million) of America's children are living in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, according to Basic Facts about Low - Income Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in America. (sciencedaily.com)
The Union's motion at the TUC Congress in Brighton condemned the government's record on child poverty as «shameful» and highlighted the way some schools were adding to the problem. (politics.co.uk)
So the reason the department doesn't want to say very much about the child poverty figure is because Universal Credit had a very distinct effect on child poverty. (politics.co.uk)