Over one million babies and young children are living in poverty - report
Katy Morton
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Research carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on behalf of baby bank charity Little Village, reveals that around half of the 4.2 million children in poverty in the UK live in a family with a child under the age of five.
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