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Child poverty in UK set for biggest rise

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A child playing in the streets in Brierfield in Lancashire where nearly 35% of children live in poverty. Child poverty rate in Britain is reportedly heading towards its largest increase in a generation, reversing over a decade of progress that began in the late 1990s, leading independent experts say. The bleak projection emerged Saturday just before the release of government statistics that are expected... 
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