Research from action group, The Campaign to End Child Poverty, shows five of the top 10 poorest areas are in London with over half the children of Bethnal Green and Bow living below the poverty line. Prime Minster David Cameron's Witney constituency and the Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency are both in the top ten constituencies for lowest child poverty.
Both have already met the government's headline target for 2020 by having child poverty rates of 10 per cent or lower. Alison Garnham, executive director of the Campaign, said: "The child poverty target has already been met in the Prime Minister's constituency and nearly a hundred others.
"He should make a New Year's resolution to keep his pledge to 'make British poverty history' so that not just children in Witney, but children all over Britain can enjoy a childhood free from poverty."The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that child poverty could rise by 400,000 children by 2015. Garnham added: "Child poverty costs us billions picking up the pieces of damaged lives and unrealised potential, so it's a false economy if we don't prioritise looking after children today."