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@ The Guardian World - by layer3.news
2025-06-09 05:09:43
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✍️ Children in the most deprived areas of England are less likely to achieve good developmental goals by the age of five, according to Unicef UK, which has urged ministers to lift the two-child benefit cap.
👉 Children in the most deprived areas are over twice as far from achieving the government's target of 75% of young children to reach a 'good level of development'.
👉 Obesity levels in reception-aged children in the most deprived areas are more than double those of children in the most affluent areas.
👉 Nearly twice as many children in the most deprived areas have untreated tooth decay, at nearly a third (29%) compared with the least deprived at 15%.
👉 Babies and young children in the most deprived areas have 55% more visits to A&E than those in the least deprived areas.
👉 The government has been urged to lift the two-child benefit cap to reduce child poverty and increase access to early childhood health and educational services.
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