30% of children 'live in poverty' There are proportionately twice as many poor children in Britain as Germany, according to a study for the Anglo-German Foundation. Around 30% of British children live in poverty - household income less than 60% of the national average - against a German figure of 19%. Friday January 25, 2002 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,639067,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------- evidence file for http://www.perceptions.couk.com/genes2.html http://www.perceptions.couk.com/tax.html & links -------------------------------------------------------------- FURTHER REFERENCES GO - "search perceptions" - in SEARCH-ENGINE file-ID www.perceptions.couk.com/worsen.txt