A staggering two million British children now have no parent in work and the number of children in families having to survive on benefits has jumped by 170,000 in just twelve months, according to a new report published today by the Campaign to End Child Poverty - a coalition of more than 150 organisations, including UNICEF UK. Child poverty is growing in affluent areas as well as those traditionally hard hit.

Through Thick and Thin: Tackling Child Poverty in Hard Times, written by leading social policy researcher Donald Hirsch, provides strong evidence for the government to implement End Child Poverty’s Recession Recovery Package.