A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found there was a fall in material deprivation, which is whether families can afford essentials such as food and heating, before the health crisis.
While 24 per cent of children lived in material deprivation in 2013, this had reduced to 18 per cent by 2019.
But the IFS has warned that this decline in deprivation was based on relatively cheap prices for energy and goods over this period.
In contrast, food and fuel prices are rising rapidly this year, amid record inflation and the ongoing impact of Brexit and the Ukraine crisis on the global economy.
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