Poorest families in UK lack beds and are sleeping on floors, charity warns

A survey by child poverty charity Buttle UK found that half of respondents didn’t all have their own beds. Photograph: Save the Children/PA

Families in poverty are having to sleep on the floor because they cannot afford beds, according to a children’s charity.

The charity’s research also found that most of the families it surveyed struggled to find the money to heat and power their homes, and that the cost of living crisis had strained parents’ relationships with their children.