The ticking time bomb of lockdown poverty is about to explode
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By Alexandra Phillips
One of the most moving stories from lockdown is that of the Assistant Headteacher in Grimsby who walked 5 miles every day, lugging a heavy rucksack packed with books and sandwiches to ensure that the most vulnerable children in his school weren’t just up to date with work, but wouldn’t go hungry. In his school, four out of ten of the 300 pupils live in deprivation.
I would imagine for most Telegraph subscribers, this sort of poverty here in the UK, where children are not even guaranteed food, is an alien concept. Not for Marcus Rashford, who himself grew up knowing hunger pains and watched while his mother toiled seemingly endless hours and still struggled to make ends meet.
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