We ignore poverty in London at our peril | Society | guardian.co.uk

We ignore poverty in London at our peril | Society | guardian.co.uk

For children living in poverty, London is the worst region in England to grow up. Children living in poverty in London are more likely than their contemporaries in the rest of the country to go without everyday essentials.

The problem of child poverty in London affects the whole of the country. Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that child poverty costs the UK at least £25bn a year, and a large part of that poverty is in London.

We cannot make a dent in UK poverty unless we crack it in London – one in five of England's poor children live in the capital.