The British children from working families falling into poverty | ITV News 

males who leave their children like this and their baby mamas to fend for themselves should have to pay for child support

Where are the kids fathers??? They should be supporting their kids, then they would not be in poverty!

My children left home 20 years ago , I worked when I could throughout their childhood. I tried to be as industrious as possible, picking nettles , wild plums and rosehips to cook, freeze and dry. I washed all clothes and bedding by hand a lot of the time due to not having a fiver for the laundrette. My children didnt have birthday parties. No way could I afford to feed any extra children , doing that would mean a whole weeks food budget . We would have no food for six days if I spent it on a birthdaybparty . My heart is still broken because I couldnt look after them or support them properly. No birthdays was the least of what they suffered. They needed footy boots, indoor gym and outdoor gym apparel, 2 sets of uniforms each, every year. I just could do it. Occassionaly Id find some pieces second hand but they were hard to come by. One year One of my kids had an elastic band holding his sole onto his shoe because we couldnt afford money for glue. That was the day he came gome and asked "mum, are we poor?" . Lord knows what had hapoened to him at school that day to make him say that. I cried all the time over things like this. I was terrifyed of them bringing friends home , what if they all wanted a drink? What if they needed something to eat? Was I going to stop them getting something for their friend from the fridge? What exactly would I say? "Sorry, we cant afford to give you any thing" ? Yeah, that would go down well...imagine what would happen at school, theyd be shunned and teased for years to come. Poverty is hell. And they say money doesnt make you happy? BxxxxxxX

Moms done a great job of raising Michael, she has every reason to be proud of him, great kid, wish only good things for them in the future, good luck to you both💕🙏

Some working families do still have both parents working and living together but still struggling with 2 child tax credit cap.

works a 12 day fortnight and is only left with 50pounds. that actually ludicrous that she works so hard and is left with so little :(

At least in the UK people realize that children need their parents. In the US, it's felt that any type of help, such as welfare payments is bad. Moms often work two jobs, kids hardly see their parent(s), and then society wonders why the kids are getting into trouble. Some school systems offer after school care, but it costs, so often children go home from school and are by themselves. Here the only important thing is to work, work, work. Taking care of children is work too!

So sad! Poor people! I always think I could be in their place.

Where was everyone else at the school gate when she dropped her child off? The whole street was empty. Was this staged on a Sunday? As usual...no men in sight.

It's a shame that anyone children or adults go hungry no matter the country they live in

the little 10yr boy is so intelligent. i don’t think i was able to pronounce “astrophysicist” when i was his age and i was reading at a high school level by then lol 😳😅

Poor kids God Bless them..for the Grace of God...

Greed from the rich looking for that extra zero on there bank account, makes me sick too my gut :(

do they make divorced parents pay child support in UK?

Single parents should really be given subsidised childcare to help them work.

So sad, now I can realise that in Eastern Europe we have a better live, and at least the 90% of people owned flats or houses

Do fathers have to pay child support in the UK?

BRING BACK THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY THE FATHERS**MUST**PAY UP and if that makes them poor so be it hard luck... I didnt produce and a single person tax payer im fed up paying other people bills... If you dont want pay for your kids dont produce them...

How about calling on whoever sired these children to contribute a few quid to the maintainance of their off-springs.

So sad to see CITIZENS getting little help while thousands of needy refugees arrive!

Why aren't the fathers supporting their children?????

I had to work 12hr shifts

It may help these parents to know there are breakfast and after school clubs if the parents wish to work longer hours my daughter found these a godsend I hope this helps and wish you all luck.

Nice

I think it’s the loans parents take on before benefits. If we could tell people in school how to go to the pantry, charities that help with the utilities so they don’t get in over their head it would help.

If a company is not paying their staff enough to live on to the point where their staff are on government assistance (NOT for any other issues such as single parents requiring childcare benefits or disabled people requiring additional funds etc) just to make basic payments for food, shelter, and heating - WE as the taxpayers are PAYING their staff's wages so they can work at that company. That should be illegal. Likewise, companies should be ineligable for ANY tax break, benefit or support if ANY of their staff is on benefits (aside from the supplemental ones i listed above).

Increase child payments to low income families and pensioners, tax the rich and eliminate tax loopholes

kids should nt be hungry and homeless in uk govt shuould tackle it rishi to safeguard humans gen z safety as well

These mothers need to get child care support from government to make sure they can get a full time jobs which will lift themselves out of poverty. They need Subsidized day care center.

Meanwhile the royal family.........

I wish he could me an astrophisicist!! God bless you boy

Labour just needs to gain poverty to end childcare costs and higher wages and I don't know why they cannot achieve government

The ghetto

Poor people always blaming everyone else.

single males have little to no support network and are expected to be strong and capable , and if you lack a role model as you grow up or have mental issues or simply not a strong person with a number of personal worries you are expected to keep it to yourself, it,s easy to blame absent fathers for all the wrongs in a broken relationship, but not so easy to offer help and advice.

When they give food out at the food pantry s they need to handout birth control life is hard enough stop taking the easy way out stop have ng so many kids u can't afford even to feed yourselves ty Jeanette from NYC USA

keep your chines up and never give up

Its so sad that the kids have to suffer because the mother and of her didn't use both control maybe more people should try it ty Jeanette from NYC USA

Find more jobs out there im ofw here in the country where we are now single mom in order to pay all our bills i work hard atleast 2 jobs.

Shouldn’t be having children

And that's because everyone want something made in china.

Another classic, left husband to prove she's a strong independent wahmen