UK reform is gaining support in high -poverty areas for children

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Reform support in the UK has increased in areas with higher rates of children’s poverty, which confirms the right of the right -wing Popular Party to communicate with voters with disappointment in the Labor Party.

The analysis of the Times financial times for electoral projections by surveys of polls shows more subscribers that the vast majority of electoral districts are where repair It is expected to perform a good performance of children’s poverty rates higher than average children.

More common denominators expected that Nigel Varage’s party will win by 180 seats if the strong voting performance is repeated in general elections. Among these, 135 have poverty rates higher than the 31 percent national average.

The Labor Party currently holds 121 of these seats, which reflects the support of the increasing reform among the left -wing voters who do not believe that the government is doing enough to support the families of the working class and address poverty.

Luke Try, a more common manager, said that reform attracts people who “feel disappointed” with the government and the social governorate, but tend to leave in economic issues.

“These voters are still trying to vote for change, they are not satisfied with the current situation,” he said, adding that the Labor Party has so far failed to provide what voters considered their basic tasks, including supporting workers, improving public services and reducing poverty.

Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer came to his post less than a year ago with a huge majority of a decade and a half of the conservative rule. The next election is unexpected until 2029.

But he is subjected to severe pressure from his own deputies to cancel the cover of the benefits of a child who limits subsidies for two children Reducing controversial luxury repairs.

Faraj has He pledged to remove two of the two children -It was presented in 2017 by the Conservative Party-in the last mark that his party was left on some economic issues to benefit from reforming the local council gains he achieved in traditional voting areas.

This indicates a political shift, as support for reform – and its previous parties, UKIP or the Brexit party – historically of conservative voters who are indignant in archaeological seats, as well as those who believed that conservatives did not go largely enough such as basic issues such as immigration.

At the national level, the party has become the preferred to vote, while support for the Labor Party and the conservatives has been drowned since last year.

About 31 percent of children live in the UK below the poverty line – it is known as the family income after housing costs less than 60 percent of the average – which makes it One of the worst performance countries in Europe.

Last week The government announced It plans to expand the eligibility for free school meals, which is estimated to raise about 100,000 children in England of poverty.

This will not be sufficient for the government to achieve its goal of significantly reducing children’s poverty by the end of this parliament.

He said that the cancellation of the cover is “the most cost-effective solution”, at a cost of 3.5 billion pounds annually by 2029-30, but it achieves an almost immediate decrease in poverty and significant long economic benefits.

Children’s poverty rates in the United Kingdom It is expected to rise to 34 percent By the end of this parliament – the highest level has been elected since the work was elected in 1998.

However, in Scotland, poverty is expected to decrease due to the measures taken by the transferred government of Holirod to alleviate the cap effect of the cover.

Persons of the Adult Labor Party, including Starmer and Minister of Education Bridge Philipson, are In favor of canceling the coverBut it is likely that the increasing pressure on public financial affairs is likely to delay any decision until the fall.

The Assistant Labor Party said that the party was committed to removing children from poverty, “unlike the reform, which has no plans to address the poverty of children.”

They added: “We have already gathered the minimum national wages, free school meals, breakfast clubs and benefits spread before announcing the ambitious poverty strategy later this year.”