What is child poverty?
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A family with two adults and two children under 15 needs to have £375 a week, after paying for housing, to be above the poverty line. How do you think that compares to what your family has?
£13 a day – the reality of living in poverty
Many families living on a low income have only about £13 per day per person.
This needs to cover:
- all of their day-to-day expenditure, including necessities such as food and transport
- occasional items such as new shoes and clothes, school trips and activities for children, and replacing broken household items such as washing machines and kitchen equipment
- all household bills such as electricity, gas and water, telephone bills and TV licences.
How does living in poverty compare with the average UK family?
In 2013, average weekly spending for:
- couple families with children was £664, which is equivalent to £175 per person
- a couple family with an income in the lowest 20 per cent spent just £339, equivalent to £96 per person.
That’s less than half ...
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