Children living in deprivation a ‘social obscenity’

The fact that one-in-three children are living in deprivation is a "social and moral indictment of the priorities of a government that privileges tax cuts over poverty reduction," it has been claimed.

Unite trade union’s research officer, Michael Taft, voiced his criticism in an analysis of deprivation figures compiled by the European Commission.

Mr Taft said the criteria used by the commission was “harsher” than the Central Statistics Office here.