Residents in Nottinghamshire's worst-hit neighbourhood for child poverty have spoken of their despair over the "desperate" cost of living crisis. Recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that almost half of children in Hyson Green are living in poverty, with 45% of kids living below the breadline.
The neighbourhood is the worst-affected area in Nottinghamshire and the study showed that 1,325 of young ones up to the age of 19 who are still living at home with parents or a carer are living in poverty in the year from March 2021. The startling figures revealed that there were 44,689 children in Nottinghamshire living in poverty even before the cost of housing was taken into account.
While these most recent figures have dipped from 48,807 in March 2020, thanks in part to financial support from the government during the start of the pandemic, the current cost of living crisis indicates that the situation is likely to get worse. Now, residents in Hyson Green have spoken out about the issue of child poverty, with some blaming the recent cost of living crisis for exacerbating the problem.
