More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

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1. Austerity-era benefit cuts plunged nearly a quarter of British children into poverty, study finds | Independent

2. Austerity policies have left more than a fifth of children born after 2013 scarred by poverty, finds Oxford study | Morning Star

More than a fifth of all “austerity generation” British children have been scarred by poverty for at least half their childhood, a direct legacy of the welfare benefit cuts imposed by Conservative governments in recent years, research reveals.