The poorest children in British society are bearing the greatest burden of the recession, a report has revealed.
The study, from charity Save the Children, finds that one in eight children living in poverty go without at least one hot meal a day.
One in 10 parents in poverty have cut back on food themselves to make sure their children have enough to eat, while a quarter have skipped meals in the past year because of financial worries.
The report, Child Poverty 2012: It shouldn’t happen here, focuses on the experiences of 1,500 children and 5,000 parents and the extent to which their lives are blighted
by poverty.
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