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Child Poverty Action Group works on behalf of the more than one in four children in the UK growing up in poverty.
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Child poverty facts and figures
8 out of 30
children living in poverty in the average class of pupils
7 out of 10
children living in poverty have at least one parent in paid work
350,000
children will be lifted out of poverty when the two-child limit is removed
Child poverty is not inevitable
Ending child poverty is urgent and possible. We must start now.
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