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UK child poverty worsening more than in other affluent nations

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Child poverty in the UK has increased the most out of the world’s richest countries over the last decade, according to figures revealed by Unicef.
The UK is bottom out of all 39 countries in terms of worsening child poverty rates. Picture: Adobe Stock
The UK is bottom out of all 39 countries in terms of worsening child poverty rates. Picture: Adobe Stock

Its figures look at latest available child poverty rates across 39 high income and upper middle-income countries within the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

This analysis found that child poverty in the UK had increased by 19.6 per cent since 2014.

This puts the UK bottom out of all 39 countries in terms of worsening child poverty rates. Also, the UK is now 28th in terms of its latest child poverty figures from 2019 to 2021.

Other countries to see child poverty worsening include France, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.

In contrast child poverty rates have improved markedly in countries including Poland, where the rate has dropped by 37.6 per cent over the last decade. In Ireland the rate has fallen by 18.5 per cent.

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