Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Comments
Those are very old figures for Scandi countries and your UK figure looks a little inflated.
Being sloppy does the cause no favours.
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/child-poverty-statistics-causes-and-the-uks-policy-response/#:~:text=It%20added%20that%20this%20meant,from%2036%25%20in%202011/12
Thanks for sharing the data you provided.
With highest rates in England and Wales.
‘In the North East, 89% of all constituencies have at least one in four children growing up in poverty.’
https://www.nechildpoverty.org.uk/facts/
Thank you to those of you who have tried to provide the source(s) though, top work.
You post a lot of this stuff but never cite any sources. Not doubting it, would just appreciate a click through …
https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2025-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk
For 40yrs the farmers have enjoyed not paying inheritance tax.
Time for all of us to pay a bit more to the benefit of those who need help.
It’s still early days but they’ve done more to address inequality in 6 months than the Tories.
Do you have a source? Link?
There is no trickle down effect, by reducing taxation, lifting the wealth of all
In fact what happens is that more financialisation occurs keeping wealth in already money lined pockets
Offically a 3rd world country.
https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/poverty-facts-and-figures
The U.S. doesn’t even protect their kids in schools from shootings. & they certainly don’t believe in free school meals, so that # is probably higher than it should be in the “greatest country in the world”. 🙄
Kids study better when they aren’t hungry.
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/child-poverty-comparison-northern-europe-uses-old-inaccurate-data-2024-10-01
England: 22%
Wales: 21%
Scotland: 21%
Northern Ireland: 17%
We'd need a complete & total collapse of society and government in order to rebuild along the lines of the Scandi models.
Our class -based, billionaire-based system would never allow it.
"What do we do? This is unacceptable and makes us look bad"
"Let's redefine child poverty and claim the drop in numbers is because of how much we care"
"Sorted. Anyone for a champagne breakfast?"
Figures to shame us……
Immigrants are disproportionately affected due to accessing the workplace, no language no job, even with Swedish it is still very hard to get a job..
We're #1
We're #1...
But Growth must come first, apparently, and Labour understands that to achieve that you have to keep making rich people richer, just like the Tories did.
Then I read the second 👌
https://bsky.app/profile/paullewismoney.bsky.social/post/3likq7yotxs2s
Does this mean we deserve poverty though?
Gotta go, got a meeting to dial in to now my coffee break is over...
hooray
well done everyone!!!