Britain is the fifth richest country in the world. Yet figures out last week show that more than 4 million children – almost one in three – are living below the relative poverty line. That’s one in three children growing up in families that face a daily struggle to make ends meet, where parents sometimes have to go without to ensure their children can eat and where the cost of school uniforms can push parents into debt.
Child poverty is the result of Thatcherite capitalism over the last 40 years.
Parents shouldn't be having children if they cannot afford to care for them.
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