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Around 350,000 more children 'pulled into' poverty, suggests new analysis

An estimated 350,000 more children were pulled into poverty last year, largely because the Government cut the £20 universal credit uplift half-way through the year, reveals new analysis of official figures.
New analysis of Government figures by the Child Poverty Action Group reveals a growing number of children falling into poverty, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
New analysis of Government figures by the Child Poverty Action Group reveals a growing number of children falling into poverty, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Child Poverty Action Group’s (CPAG) analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions’ 'Households Below Average Income', covering April 2021- April 2022 shows:

CPAG estimates that child poverty costs the UK £39.5 billion a year in lost tax and earnings, unemployment benefit and additional public services spending including £3.1 billion on the Pupil Premium and early years entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds. This is up from £25bn in 2008.

Its analysis, put together by Donald Hirsch, director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, highlights that since 2021, spending on the Pupil Premium has risen from £2.5 billion to £2.7 billion a year, while spending on funded two-year-old places has fallen from £0.5 billion to £0.4 billion.

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