The highest rate of child poverty in the UK.

The steepest increases in child poverty in the UK.

11 children in each classroom of 30 growing up in child poverty.

A damning indictment of what 12 years of Conservative government has meant for our region.

And now a parade of Tory leadership candidates are promising billions of pounds in unfunded tax cuts alongside cuts to universal credit and public services, pushing even more children into poverty.

This is a disgrace.

North-east England overtakes London as UK’s child poverty hotspot