£10 extra a week could lift 90,000 Lancashire children out of poverty overnight

Simon Drury — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:30:01 GMT

Child poverty in Lancashire costs £940m-a-year, according to new analysis from the Child Poverty Action Group, which says a £10 per week increase in child benefit would lift children out of poverty overnight

Lancashire Evening Post Joseph Rowntree Foundation

£10 extra a week could lift 90,000 Lancashire children out of poverty overnight