Abacus Daily Debt News

London ‘worst for child poverty’

Debt levels may be worst for families living in inner-city areas of London, according to a new child poverty map of Britain.

This is because the Campaign to End Child Poverty - run by the Child Poverty Section Group - has published a map of the problem in the UK and the worst-hit parliamentary constituency is Bethnal Green and Bow in the east of the capital.

In this area, 51 per cent of children live in poverty and four other London seats are in the top ten.

The remainder of the list is made up by inner-city seats elsewhere, in Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast and two seats in Birmingham.

In addition to this, six of the top ten boroughs for child poverty are in London.  

Executive director of the campaign Alison Garnham noted only 89 seats meet the target for less than ten per cent child poverty - including prime minister David Cameron's Witney constituency.

Chief executive of The Family and Parenting Institute Dr Katherine Rake recently argued that families with young children are disproportionately harmed by recent tax and benefit cuts.

By James Francis