The findings taken from a national survey of 1,400 families with children under five facing financial hardship are published in a new report, It Takes a Village, which explores the rates, persistence and depth of poverty in UK families.
The report highlights how many children in poverty are from working families who are impacted by the cost of childcare and/or the recent cut to universal credit. It also reveals a ‘postcode lottery’ of free services for families such as play spaces and local activities and how Little Village’s baby banks across London are helping those families who access them.
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