Every number is a life: The child poverty crisis in stats

Millions of children in the UK are going without basic essentials – how we count them matters. Claire Miller drills into the numbers behind child poverty.

We break down this shameful crisis into numbers. (Pic: Unsplash)

Child poverty is at a record high. That means millions of children surviving on food bank visits and missing out on parts of childhood many take for granted. But how did we get here? And what do we do about it?

In the year to April 2024, 4.45 million children were living in poverty, accordin…