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14 Oct, 6 tweets, 5 min read

@jogideon

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Q. For Conservatives, what's so special about Stoke on Trent Central (@jogideon) Hendon (@Offord4Hendon) & Sedgefield (@PaulHowellMP)?

A. Child poverty in CON seats - league table ↓

Stoke C: Highest percentage
Hendon: Highest numbers
Sedgefield: Biggest rise

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@EndChildPoverty

Today, @EndChildPoverty coalition hosted by @CPAGUK & chaired by @AnnaFeuchtwang published estimates of child poverty broken down by LA, constituency and ward levels.

endchildpoverty.org.uk/child-poverty-…

It was carried out by @donaldhirsch @JulietStone77 of @CRSP_LboroUni

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@patrickjbutler

You can read @patrickjbutler's write up here theguardian.com/society/2020/o…

The @theipaper's @the__chez also covered it inews.co.uk/news/north-eas…

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Here's the league table of CON seats with the highest percentage of children in poverty in 2019 - Stoke on Trent Central has the worst figure.

I've also highlighted the CON seat with the highest numbers of children in poverty and the one with the biggest rise since 2015

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Children's life chances now risk being harmed by poverty AND the pandemic.

'Levelling up' will be meaningless without action on poverty so children can get the basics needed to thrive.

After all, there's little nutritional content in a soundbite by itself. ENDS

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