61% increase in child destitution in 3 years - North East in second place, behind London

[spanishman]

More than a million children in the UK experiencing 'horrifying levels of destitution'

People are considered destitute if they have not been able to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean, and fed.

news.sky.com

186% since 2017.

The current government is a disgrace.

 

[redrobrob]

Of all the awful policies. This is the one they should be remembered for.

 

[Caesium137]

Top two

 

[spanishman]

Levelling down for the most vulnerable in our society. A true Tory policy.

 

[festa5]

Should be utterly ashamed of themselves. Of course we know they won't be.

"If only we could've given more tax cuts to top earners all society's problems would be solved".

Not exactly the same issue but closely related. Summed up brilliantly as ever. This was 6 years ago. We've had chances to remove these ***** since then but not taken them. Depressing.

 

[Glover_elbow]

On the same day as scrapping the cap on bankers bonuses

 

[JackG]

Top two

We are in the automatic promotion places. We'll soon be joining South Sudan and the DRC in the human misery Superleague. Thank you, Rishi!

 

[Billyzin]

Looks like Thatcher got her "Victorian values" at last.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

This article by Frances Ryan in The Guardian is worth a read.

The Tories have created a new poverty – one so deep and vicious it requires Victorian vocabulary | Frances Ryan

‘Destitute’ means a living standard so sparse, it should be consigned to history. It now applies to 4 million in the UK, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

www.theguardian.com