One in three London children living in poverty, charity warns

A third of children in London, some 600,000 youngsters, are living in poverty, according to a charity.

BBC London spoke to children at the North Kensington local community centre, the Venture Community Association, who said they had noticed the purse strings being tightened.Shaquill, aged 10, said his parents had been frank with him about having less cash for treats."I've asked for stuff but since the payments have gone up they have told me they can't afford it."

"We have stopped buying lots of things but we're going to make sure we definitely like the things that we're going to buy before we buy them sometimes, and we're careful what we spend our money on."The adventure playground is funded by the Childhood Trust, which said it had seen a rise in demand for its services as the cost of living has gone up.

"For us here, we provide the children with a hot, healthy meal so when they enter here it's a completely free service that eliminates that worry for parents."Let children know if you need to tighten budgets, recommends Childhood Trust chief executive Laurence Guinness The figures were described as "alarmingly high" by End Child Poverty coalition chair Joseph Howes, who said they showed that struggling families need more support, and added the lack of a national child poverty strategy was "heart-breaking".

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