A third of children in Birmingham living in poverty - UK

by Kat Baldwyn, Birmingham Mail

MORE than one in three children in Birmingham are living in poverty with thousands believing they will never achieve their goals in life.

A new, disturbing report from youth charity The Prince’s Trust revealed that in Ladywood alone around 49 per cent of youngsters lived in poverty – one of the highest figures in the UK.

It highlighted the growing gap between the city’s richest and poorest with one in ten young people believing they will “end up on benefits for at least part of their lives” and 17 per cent feeling that “few” or “none” of their goals in life were achievable with those growing up in poverty more likely to feel that way.

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