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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Near-Dickensian poverty levels for some children in England, warns commissioner

Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has warned of near-Dickensian levels of child poverty faced by some (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

Some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty”, the Children’s Commissioner said as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped.

Black mould in a bedroom and rats in a kitchen were among some of the examples given by young people for a new report said to reveal the “real hardship” facing some families.

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