Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’

<p>Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap</p><p>Children in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty” where deprivation has become normalised, the children’s commissioner has said, as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped.</p><p>Young people said they had experienced not having enough water to shower, rats biting through their walls, and mouldy bedrooms, among a number of examples in a report on the “crisis of hardship” gripping the country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/08/children-england-living-almost-dickensian-levels-poverty">Continue reading...</a>