Rochdale has seen a 5.3pc increase, now with 37.7pc and Tameside saw a 3.4pc rise, with 34.8pc of its children now living in poverty.
Bury experienced a 2.9pc rise so more than a third, 33.8pc, of its children are now under the breadline.Salford saw a 2.3pc increase, so 34.8 pc of its children are now in poverty and Wigan saw a 1.7pc increase to 30.8pc.Stockport only saw a 0.2pc increase, but 25.9pc of its children are still below the breadline.And in Trafford, the only borough to buck the rising trend, there was a 0.9pc reduction in child poverty rates, but child poverty is still an issue with 23.1pc of children affected.One Manchester charity said the problem of child poverty has never been solved by consecutive governments for.
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