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UK’s poorest families hit hardest by recession and austerity

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the Real News Network
Date
4 October 2012
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A leading British charity warns that 3.5 million children in the United Kingdom are growing up below the poverty line, while the divide between rich and poor continues to accelerate faster than anywhere else in the developed world. Featuring John Rees at Firebox

the Real News Network

Marienna is a socialist writer and campaigner who studied Politics & International Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She is a leading organiser of the Student Assembly Against Austerity. She currently works as a filmmaker for the Islam Channel.

@MariennaPW

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