George Osborne wants money to fight the poverty he caused? He has no shame | Polly Toynbee

The most socially destructive chancellor of modern times can apparently see the damage he's done. But unlike Scrooge, there's no hint of remorse

Here's a shocking fact. About 70,000 children go to school hungry in a city dripping with the world's mostly unearned, undeserved, under-taxed, obscene wealth. One in four parents in London worry about being able to feed their children.

Almost a fifth of families in the capital choose between heating their homes or feeding their children, according to the latest research by YouGov, with one in seven families relying on charities and food banks. Even if their children aren't going hungry, a third of parents feel they can't afford the healthier food they know they should have. Food charity the Felix Project says, "Hungry children are held back in their development - they don't do as well at school as their well-fed peers, and are more likely to get into trouble."

The cuts now raining down yet harder on the poorest were designed by him, and left in place by Theresa May

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