C h ild P o ve rty in the UK
Jul 06, 2015
C h ild P o v e r t y in t h e U K
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?Tr u e o r F a ls e
1 . G r o w in g u p in p o v e r t y’ d o e s n t h a rm c h ild r e n
2 . Th e U K d o e s b e t t e r t h a n ( ) o t h e r in d u s t r ia lis e d
c o u n t r ie s o n c h ild p o v e r t y 3 . P o o r f a m ilie s s p e n d a ll
t h e ir m o n e y o n c ig a r e t t e s a n d a lc o h o l
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…P o v e r t y in t h e U K t o d a yLo n d o n
• High rise flats on the Aylesbury Estate London
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…P o v e r t y in t h e U K t o d a y
• A stairwell on the Aylesbury Estate London
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…P o v e r t y in t h e U K t o d a y
• The rising cost of fuel
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…M e e t Tr is h a
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… a n d h e r s o n
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’ – C a r o l s d a u g h t e r d r e a m in g o f C h r is t m a s
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…P o v e r t y in t h e U K t o d a yS u n d e r la n d
• The Ford Estate in Sunderland
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’ …M e e t S u s ie s s o n B e n
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… ’ a n d C a r in a s c h ild r e n S a r a a n d M ik e
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A d e s e r t e d p la y g r o u n d
• The playground is locked to prevent drug abusers from using it
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M o r e t h a n a m ill io n U K ’ c h ild r e n c a n t t a k e
t h e s e t h in g s f o r g r a n t e d
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Th e p a r e n t s
1 .3 o f m illio n
c h ild r e n’ c a n t
a f f o r d t o b u y n e w
c lo t h e s f o r t h e ir
c h ild r e n
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1 5 N e a r ly in f a m ilie s s t r u g g le t o p a y
h o u s e h o ld b ills
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7 7 0 ,0 0 0 Th e p a r e n t s o f ’ c h ild r e n c a n t a f f o r d t o
g iv e t h e m a h e a lt h y d ie t
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A m illio n c h ild r e n liv e in h o u s e s w it h r o t t in g
w a lls a n d f lo o r s
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Im p o s s ib le c h o ic e s
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E x t r a m o n e y f o r f u e l in
W in t e r
E x t r a m o n e y f o r f o o d a n d
c lo t h e s ins u m m e r
?Wh a t a r e w e a s k in g f o r
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H e lp u s f i l l in t h e m is s in gp ie c e s• Poverty is unfair, unjust and damages children’s lives• Poor children can expect to get fewer qualifications,
lower paid jobs, suffer more health problems and even die younger than their peers
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