Killer mould highlights the reality of child poverty
1 year ago

Killer mould highlights the reality of child poverty

The Independent  

One of the many examples of the disconnection between politics and real life is the current Westminster obsession with a scheme to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda, while the grip of poverty tightens on one in three families with children under the age of six. Mould is a problem in many damp and cold homes, causing health problems, such as those that led to the death of Awaab Ishak, a toddler in Rochdale, three years ago. But those payments came to an end and Britain continued its path towards ever meaner social security payments, which are markedly lower than those in comparable European countries. But in the end, easing poverty and tackling killer mould will require higher public spending.

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Two-thirds of social workers report children living in dangerously mouldy homes

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