Claim: The number of children living in poverty has risen from 2.6 million in 2010 to 4.2 million now.
Fact-check: Labour MP's child poverty claim uses figures which aren't comparable - Full Fact
Verdict: these two figures are not comparable. the 2.6 million figure refers to the number of children in relative poverty before housing costs in 2009/10, while the 4.2 million figure refers to the number of children in relative poverty after housing costs in 2021/22. government figures show the number of children in relative poverty both before and after housing costs increased by around 300,000 between 2009/10 and 2021/22.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-06-26T00:00:00