Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’

Children's commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap

Children in England are living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty" where deprivation has become normalised, the children's commissioner has said, as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped.

Young people said they had experienced not having enough water to shower, rats biting through their walls, and mouldy bedrooms, among a number of examples in a report on the crisis of hardship" gripping the country.