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Rachel Walters2026-03-03 17:59:042026-03-03 18:00:38Young workers living in poverty respond to proposed changes to minimum wage31% of children in the UK are living in poverty
4.5 million children were living in poverty in the UK in 2023-24
Plans to scrap the two-child limit will lift 450,000 children out of poverty
“I remember how poverty made me feel. Always being acutely aware of your social position forces you to mature a lot earlier… At 11-years of age and knowing about your parents finances and what they can afford– no child should be in a position to know that.”
Liv, an End Child Poverty Youth Ambassador






