Child poverty increases - Guardian
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"Campaigners warned today that the government's key social justice target was in "serious jeopardy" after new figures showed the first rise in the number of children living in relative poverty in nearly 10 years.
Despite New Labour's key promise to halve the problem by 2010, today statistics revealed a 100,000 jump in the number of children living in relative poverty last year.
Official figures showed that 2.8 million children were living below the relative poverty line in 2005/06, with the figure rising to 3.8 million after housing costs were factored in. This represents an increase from 2.7 million and 3.6 million respectively on the previous year."
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