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• Poverty In Your Area
• Key Facts
• The Effects
• Through Thick and Thin
• Child Poverty Act

Key Facts

Key Facts

• Nearly 4 million children are living in poverty in the UK (after housing costs)
• The proportion of children living in poverty grew from 1 in 10 in 1979 to 1 in 3 in 1998. Today, 30 per cent of children in Britain are living in poverty.
• The UK has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised world
• The majority (59 per cent) of poor children live in a household where at least one adult works.
• 40 per cent of poor children live in a household headed by a lone parent. The majority of poor children (57 per cent) live in a household headed by a couple.
• 38% of children in poverty are from families with 3 or more children.
• Since 1999, when the current Government pledged to end child poverty, 550,000 children have been lifted out of poverty.