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I would love to work, but childcare costs are too expensive, and even when my children are older I’m concerned about how I’ll manage during the school holidays. Unless I can find a job in a school I can’t see how I’ll be able to manage.
Parent
'Benefiting from work' - Save the Children 2010
Parent
'Benefiting from work' - Save the Children 2010
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.