Charity: Child inequality like playing snakes and ladders

A leading children’s charity has used the popular game of snakes and ladders to show the devastating effects of the rise in child inequality.

Research by Barnardos as part of its Rise Up campaign to end child inequality reveals endemic societal inequalities that limit children from achieving their potential.

Barnardos head of advocacy June Tinsley said the Government has an opportunity in the budget next month to tackle the rise in child inequality.