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Low-wage parents 'can't provide for their children'
THOUSANDS of parents are not earning enough to provide their children with the minimum standard of living, a children’s charity reported yesterday.
A Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) study showed that people on minimum-wage full-time work still fall 18 per cent short of the basic amount needed to properly feed and cloth their families.
In 2014, having a child could have a basic cost of almost £200 a week — an 11.4 per cent rise in the last two years.
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