Politicians are being urged to focus on combatting wider societal issues after two global reports revealed worrying child poverty levels in England.
This year’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) league tables showed about one in 10 youngsters skipped meals at least once a week because they didn’t have enough money.
This is on par with countries including Mexico and Moldova, and above the OECD average of 8.2 per cent.
A Unicef study, also published this week, found UK child poverty levels have leapt by about 20 per cent between 2012 and 2021.
