I agree luckygirl. Nearly half our children living in poverty is tragic for those families involved, but is also storing up terrible problems for society in the future.
Family breakdown, long term debt, disruptive behaviour in schools, drug and alcohol addiction, anti-social behaviour, vandalism, knife crime, pressure on the criminal justice system and prisons are a likely future result of child poverty.
The whole of society will pay for this both in monetary cost but also in creating “no go” areas in villages, towns and cities across the country.
We all want to live in a peaceful society where we can walk safely through the streets and don’t have to barricade ourselves behind security gates and high walls.