Claim: There are half a million more children in poverty since 2010.
Fact-check: No single figure about child poverty tells the whole story - Full Fact
Verdict: this is what's estimated to have happened to children in relative low income households, comparing 2010/11 to 2017/18. but this is one measure of several and the alternatives show smaller increases or even slight falls.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2019-12-03T00:00:00