4.5 million children suffer poverty in UK

Child poverty reached almost 4.5 million in 2024, the highest level for more than 20 years in the United Kingdom, according to PA Media reports.

The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached the highest level for more than 20 years, according the official figure that comes a day after government estimates suggested welfare cuts will plunge thousands more children below the poverty line by the end of the decade.

These 4.45 million children are said to be in…