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More Than 1.5m UK Children 'In Severe Poverty'

23 February 2011

Save The Children described the figure as a "national scandal" and claimed the number is likely to grow, as Government cuts to welfare and public services bite.

It is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to counter the recent increase in VAT and rising inflation and unemployment with an emergency plan in next month's budget.

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