West Belfast - 2nd highest levels of child poverty in the UK

andrew
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:46:33 +0000
Poverty, Sectarianism, Community, Belfast, Newspaper, News, Davy Carlin

The recent report commissioned by the ‘End Child Poverty’ campaign has found that out of 650 parliamentary constituencies, West Belfast has the second highest levels of child poverty in the UK. Manchester Central being the only constituency to record higher levels of child poverty and deprivation. 43% of children within the West Belfast constituency grow up in poverty. And while this is a reduction on the previous year from 46%, other areas saw a greater percentage drop in poverty levels over that year.