The Institute for Fiscal Studies has recently estimated that 3.5 million children live in poverty in the UK, and projects that relative and absolute poverty are both likely to rise in the coming years. Changes to VAT, rises in unemployment and inflation, and cuts in public spending are all set to hit the poorest families the hardest.
Against this backdrop, UNICEF's research shows that we are failing to achieve equality between children in the UK, and that the gap between the poorest children and the rest is growing. It shows that child poverty and inequality in the UK is fundamentally the result of low income. Although it is far from the only factor in improving the life chances of children, in short - income really matters.
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