New statistics show that almost a quarter of children in Cambridge are living in poverty, a figure that Cambridge Labour MP Daniel Zeichner says is unacceptable. The figure has been at over 20% since at least 2015, when anti-poverty campaign group No Child Left Behind began drawing attention to child poverty. 2021 was the second worst year by their metrics.
Commenting, Daniel Zeichner MP said: “These shameful statistics are a damning indictment of a Government that does not care. With Labour, child poverty was falling year-on-year from 1998 to 2010 but has risen consistently since the Conservatives took power. This is a political choice that they have made, condemning over 4,500 children in Cambridge to grow up in poverty.”
The MP is supporting No Child Left Behind in their attempt to right the wrongs of the last twelve years as they encourage all MPs to take the pledge against child poverty.