Nursery World - More than half of black children growing up in poverty, warns Labour

According to Labour party analysis of Government figures, the number of children from black households growing up in poverty has more than doubled since 2010.

New analysis by Labour finds that the number of black children in poverty has risen PHOTO Adobe Stock

The analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show that when the Conservatives took power in 2010-11, there were just over 200,000 children from black households living in poverty. By 2019-20 that figure rose to over 410,000 – a 101 per cent increase over the decade.

Labour says that the figures mean today that more than half (53 per cent) of all black children are now growing up in poverty, equivalent to one in ten of all children across the country and more than double the rate for white children.

The analysis follows calls from Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary, Anneliese Dodds, for a new Race Equality Act to tackle ‘structural racial inequality at source.’

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