BBC News reports that the charity Save the Children has produced a report highlighting that around1.6 million children in the UK are living in severe poverty. It defines severe poverty as those living in households with incomes of less than 50% of the UK median income (disregarding housing costs).
"Of the UK nations, Save the Children found Wales had the highest proportion of children living in severe poverty (14%), followed by England (13%) then Scotland and Northern Ireland (9% each). It found 29 authorities across the UK had more than one in five children living in severe poverty.
Manchester and the London borough of Tower Hamlets had the highest rates of children living in severe poverty at 27%. The London borough of Newham had 25% in severe poverty, Leicester and Westminster (London) had 24%, Nottingham, Liverpool and Birmingham 23% and Blackpool and Hackney (London) 22%. In Wales, the local authority with the highest rate of severe child poverty was Blaenau Gwent at 20%. In Scotland, Glasgow City had the highest rate of child poverty with 18% living in severe poverty."
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