“Hearing those stories, it’s really quite harrowing,” says Peter Smith, director of policy and advocacy at National Energy Action [NEA]. He’s referring to the findings of his charity’s latest study into child poverty.
The results – shared exclusively with The Lead – are stark. Children come to school with no coats, they are hungry, unwell, unclean. You c…
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