Data released by HM Revenue and Customs shows the number of
children in low-income families rose from 2.5million to 2.75million. It means
the overall proportion of kids in struggling households has now hit 20% - or
one in five of all children.
Imran Hussain, director of policy for the Child Poverty
Action Group, said: “Child poverty figures are the best measure we have for
whether we really are ‘all in it together’. “What’s clear from these grim
figures is that more and more children are being left behind in poverty,
missing out on the childhoods and life chances other kids take for granted.”
The HMRC report classes children in low-income families as
those either in receipt of out-of-work benefits, or those in receipt of tax
credits with an income less than 60% of the national average. HMRC said the
results were down to poorer people’s incomes failing to keep up with those
enjoying pay rises
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