Children In England Living In 'Almost Dickensian Levels Of Poverty'

The UK should be "ashamed" of the number of children in England in relative poverty, the children's commissioner said.

Children in England are living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”, according to a damning new report.

Some young people are forced to sleep in mouldy bedrooms in rat-infested homes, children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza found

She said the government must start to tackle the scandal by lifting the two-child benefit cap.

De Souza said: “Children shared harrowing accounts of hardship...