Child poverty soars in Britain as working families struggle to keep up
LONDON — Thea Jaffe pushes a stroller up a steep hill on the morning school run in north London. “It’s like Sisyphus,” she laughs, breathless. Two toddlers jostle in the stroller; her 10-year-old trails beside with his red Michael Jordan backpack. She glances at a mirror and suitcases left on…
bubmagNovember 17, 2025