The report, Cost of a Child in 2014, which was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found the income of families in full-time jobs at the national minimum wage is 18 per cent short of the basic amount needed to achieve a minimum standard of living.
For those out of work the shortfall is 43 per cent, according to the report that says the cost of raising a child has risen by eight per cent since 2012 for a couple and 11 per cent for lone parents.
CPAG chief executive Alison Garnham said: “Children cost. That is why families with children have a higher risk of poverty than those without.
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