Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/15/gordon-brown-child-poverty-uk-november-budget

Homes without heating, bedrooms with beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive
Run-down housing estates in Britain’s former industrial heartlands remind us of the poverty described by George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier in…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-09-15 07:00:55.
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