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More than a million children of key workers are living in poverty in Britain, shocking new report reveals
A local resident collects food packages in the front garden of James Giles' home in New Malden, south west London, in April 2020
THERE are more than a million children of key workers living in poverty in Britain, a shocking new report reveals.
The research, conducted for the TUC by Landman Economics, found that, in some regions, more than a quarter of young people in essential-worker households are experiencing hardship.
Key worker families in the north-east of England have the highest rate of child poverty, 29 per cent, just ahead of London’s 27 per cent, while a quarter of such families in the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions are affected.
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