The End Child Poverty coalition, which commissioned the research Local Indicators of Child Poverty 2017/18, is calling for the government to tackle the issue with a child poverty reduction strategy to reverse cuts and increase investment in children's services.
Researchers at the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University estimated the rates based on local data including unemployment levels and the number of families on tax credits.
The study found that Bastwell and Audley in Blackburn were among areas with the highest percentage of children in poverty after housing costs, with 69.9 per cent and 68.8 per cent respectively.
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