Child poverty is at a record high. That means millions of children surviving on food bank visits and missing out on parts of childhood many take for granted. But how did we get here? And what do we do about it?
The Lead, November 8, 2025
In the year to April 2024, 4.45 million children were living in poverty, according to the Government’s headline measure. That’s 31 per cent of children. Or, if you had a class of 30, nine of those children would live in low income households.
