In one of the most deprived areas of Greater Manchester, a mum-of-four walks her children home from school. “I hardly sleep,” she says as her young daughters play beside her.
“I’m struggling big time. It seems to be forgotten about here – there's nothing, not like in other deprived areas. When they have school trips coming up, I can't afford them. When they have school photos, I can't afford to pay for them”
This is the bleak reality for many parents living in the Busk area of Chadderton . The neighbourhood has the third highest child poverty rate in the whole of Britain – with 67 per cent of children currently living below the breadline.
