More than a third of Leeds children living in poverty - new figures reveal
The research estimates that over a third of children in Leeds are growing up in poverty. Picture: PA.are growing up in poverty - compared to one in five, in areas in the country with the lowest child poverty rates.
Statistics confirms that over a third of a million children in Yorkshire and Humber are living in poverty after housing costs are factored in to government data. “In Leeds, we’ve retained our child poverty strategy and through that we are working innovatively alongside partners across the city to tackle the impact of poverty where children are supported to access healthy meals and activities in school holidays, employment support is offered to parents, or babies and school children who have no proper bed, are provided with a safe comfortable place to sleep.
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