London's Child Poverty

37% of children in London are living in poverty, recent government figures reveal.

The report put together by the HBAI, the Households Below Average Income Organisation, found over 70000 children are struggling financially in London. These numbers are higher than the number of impoverished children in than Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland put together. The numbers of child poverty in the capital are continuously higher than in any other region in England.

Laura Payne, a Project Manager with the London Child Poverty Network, said: “These figures show an embedding of child poverty and disadvantage in London – it’s deeply concerning that no progress is being made.”

The report found that two-thirds of children in poverty are living in working households which indicates that this problem is not just about employment rates. Instead, low pay, rising living costs, London’s housing crisis, and cuts to Government support for working and non-working household are leaving families trapped in financial difficulties that are hard to get out of.