2.3m children 'materially deprived'

Some 2.3 million children in the UK are living "materially deprived" lives but are not included in official Government statistics on poverty, according to a report.

This figure would double the 2.3 million children currently classed as living in poverty, under the official measure of having a household income less than 60% the median average.
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