MPs in the North East have voiced their anger at 'horrific' new research which found the region has seen the highest rise in the number of children living below the breadline
Tens of thousands of children face being swept into devastating poverty as the UK grapples with the coronavirus pandemic - with families already "cut adrift" by cruel benefit changes.
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