The ChildPoverty Action Group says nine out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.
儿童贫困行动小组表示,每个教室中的30人就有9人生活在贫困线以下。
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This, though true, does not explain the recent increase in childpoverty: median household income rose from 1997 to 2003, but has hardly changed since then.
Other bills in the Queen's Speech, designed to repair the public finances, end childpoverty and boost Britain's international aid by the simple expedient of passing laws, support that view.